One teenager has been allegedly shot dead by Chinese illegal miners’ security at Sefwi Abrokofe, popularly known as Abroad, near Sefwi Boinzan in the Sefwi Juaboso District of the Western North Region.
The shooting by the illegal miners has also led to the injury of two people who are also teenagers and are in critical condition, receiving treatment at the St.John’s of God Hospital at Sefwi Asafo.
The sad incident happened in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 23rd.
One of the surviving teenagers was shot in the thigh while the other one was also shot in the back area.
The youth in the town angrily lay ambush and set excavators belonging to the miners ablaze.
Speaking in an interview with UTV News’ Western North Regional Correspondent Kwabena Dickson, father of the 17-year-old boy who was shot in the thigh, Mr. Nketiah Barnaba’s explained that he had a call about the said shooting incident and was informed that his son had been shot, so he rushed quickly to ascertain how true it was.
Unfortunately, the 18-year-old boy passed on, and the 16-year-old boy and his son were rushed to the Proso Kofikrom Clinic but were later transferred to the Sefwi Asafo St. Johns of God Hospital, where they are currently receiving medical attention.
