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Francis Gbene, 33, an Anatomy and Physiology teacher at the Mampong Midwifery Training School and his brother Timothy Gbeneh, 28, were mistakenly shot in the back and head as armed robbers by a police patrol team in the Ashanti Region.

According to Peace FM’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Sampson K. Nyamekye , a teacher of the school called the police patrol team about suspected armed robbers invasion in her residence.

Francis Gbene and Timothy Gbene, were reportedly trying to seek support for a female teacher at the school whose residence was purportedly being attacked by suspecting armed robbers.

So the police patrol in town upon a call from their station took to their heels to her house, when they saw two men speeding away on a motorbike.

He said from the narration of the patrol team, when the police vehicle reached the robbery scene,the people at the crime scene told them that the armed robbers had taken a particular route.

"So as they negotiated a curve, they saw a motorbike at top speed so they (police) tried to stop them, thinking they were the robbers, but the two men on the motorbike refused to stop," he said.

He continued that the police then pursued the men on the motorbike for some time so when one of them turned, they (police) thought they were trying to shoot at them because he was holding something that appeared like a weapon.

He said the policemen shot at them but unfortunately , later discovered that they were not the robbers but indeed they were also running around to see if they could get some assistance for the robbery victim.

Their bodies have since been deposited at the Asante Mampong Government Hospital awaiting autopsy.