C/R: Policeman Stabbed While Saving Motor Snatcher Under Mob Attack

A Police Constable, stationed at the Gomoa Dominase District Command in the Gomoa East District of Central Region is in in very critical condition after some persons attempted to lynch him. The unfortunate incident also occurred on the Sunday night, and according to Police Commander, DSP David Osei, Police received a distress call from Gomoa Amoanda that a motor snatcher was a

target of mob attack. A Police team including the Police Constable, were deployed to the scene to restore calm, but the irate youth then transferred their anger to them, throwing stones, beer bottles in the process. DSP Osei Fofie said the Constable collapsed and was rushed to Gomoa Potsin Polyclinic while the suspect was rescued and sent to Millennium Divisional Police Command due

to the anger of the youth and victim is also said to have been stabbed in some parts of his body and also bled excessively. The police also disclosed that the suspect believed to be in his thirties hired a motorbike from the Akotsi to Gomoa Akrama, but upon reaching a section of the road he sprayed the rider’s eyes with powdered pepper before bolting with the motorcycle. The suspect thief is in custody assisting police with investigations.