One Dead During Clash With Police In Tamale

One person has been shot dead after residents of Choggu Manayili in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale attacked police officers on Wednesday. The police had been called by the chief of the area to rescue

a suspected thief who was about to lynched by the residents. The mob turned on the police and attempted to stop them from rescuing the suspect. The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent Otuo

Acheampong who narrated the incident said the residents had tied the suspect with robes and were about the kill him, after they were caught with some cattle that they allegedly stole from the community.

According to him, the mob was angry the police had come to rescue the alleged thief. “They had succeeded in rescuing the suspected thief into the police van. And then the irate mob which had wanted to lynch him

before the arrival of the police started to even snatch the suspect from Police,…even they fired and missiles were thrown at the  police, and even one of the officers was hit in the hand”. Superintendent Acheampong said,

the victim was believed to have been hit by a stray bullet after the police fired warning shots in response to the attack by the mob. He was hit in the stomach and rushed to the Tamale Teaching hospital and later pronounced dead, the Crime Officer continued. The police officers were able to rescue the suspect and there has not been any further arrest.