The Police in Kwabenya, on Friday, January 28, 2022, shot a suspect by the name Hakimi, now deceased, at the Kwabenya Hills Valley Police Station, Accra, for stabbing the Station Officer in the head.
According to the Police, preliminary investigation established that the deceased had earlier attacked three victims and threatened to kill them. The victims out of fear, rushed to the Police station to seek refuge but the suspect pursued them to the station with a knife.
Police say at the station, the deceased attacked the Station Officer and the investigator with a knife and stabbed them multiple times in the head for attempting to protect the victims from the violent attack.
Sensing that the lives of the Station Officer, the investigator and the three victims were in immediate danger, the Police shot and killed the suspect.
The injured Police officers are currently responding to treatment at the Police Hospital, Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for preservation.
The Inspector-General of Police Dr. George Akuffo Dampare on Saturday, January 29, 2022 visited the Kwabenya Hills Valley Police station to encourage the men.
He also commended the Station Officer for protecting the victims at the peril of his life.
