The police at Kwabeng in the Eastern Region on Sunday resorted to the use of a firearm to disable a mentally ill man who had charged on some police officers at the charge office with a machete.
The mentally ill man is said to have threatened to kill the police officers who were on duty. The two officers are said to have fled the charge office and called for reinforcement from Akyem Kwabeng.
The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Ebenezer Tetteh explained that the mentally ill man was "very charged and poised for action."
He said the police tried to overpower him and in the process, "the mentally deranged man charged on one of the policemen ostensibly to slash him with the cutlass, to kill him, and in the process the policeman discharged the firearm, he [mentally ill man] was hit and subsequently rushed to the Edwenase Government Hospital but died whilst at the hospital receiving treatment."
He said the body has been transported to the police hospital and investigations have commenced.
Source: Daily Graphic
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There is an old Akan proverb that says that " when the contractor makes the road and it does not touch your house; you say the contractor has good eye sight for straightness". If your moda and father were the officers on duty , I wonder the part of the story that is cock- bull story.
INDEED, THIS IS A COCK-AND-BULL STORY. I CALL ON THE IGP TO TAKE THIS MATTER SERIOUS AND INVESTIGATE HIS MEN, B'COS THEY CAN EASILY SWEEP ISSUES UNDER THE CARPET. THIS REPORTER SHOULD COME AGAIN BY GIVING US AN ACCURATE STORY. WHAT IS THE MAN'S NAME? WHAT WAS HE DOING IN AKYEM KWABENG? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FRIEND HE WENT TO THE TOWN WITH? AFTER ALL THE TRAINING THE POLICE HAVE, THEY CAN'T DISARM A SUPPOSE ***barred word*** WITH A CUTLASS? GALATIANS 6:7-8.
This cock-and-bull story. Which part of the victim's body was shot? We know police in Ghana always shoot to kill. There are other devices to tame a would-be attacker: tasers, stun guns,etc. Now the directive to arm MTTU patrol officers will see an exponential increase in murders visited on civilians by the police and they will always give this cock-and-bull story!