The deceased were identified as Yahaya Lawrence, an ex-convict, and Awudu Abdul Hakeem a.k.a. Hack. Narrating how the incident began, the Public Affairs Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), David Fianko-Okyere, on April 17, 2021, at about 3:30 pm, they [Police] received a distress call to the effect that two suspected armed men attempted to rob a motorbike from a man. He said the incident angered some people who witnessed it and subsequently set the suspects ablaze. According to ASP Fianko-Okyere, the Regional Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit swiftly proceeded to the crime scene and saw the partially burnt bodies of the suspects.
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Two suspected armed robbers were on Saturday burnt to death by an irate mob at Nyariga, a suburb of the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region.
They were said to have attempted to snatch a motorbike from a man.
By the time some good Samaritans went to the aid of the suspects, it was too late for them as they suffered severely from the burns they sustained and died in the process.
They were identified as Yahaya Lawrence, an ex-convict and Awudu Abdul Hakeem a.k.a. Hack.
The Public Affairs Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP), Mr David Fianko-Okyere, told Graphic Online s Vincent Amenuveve in Bolgatanga that the partially burnt bodies of the suspects have been deposited at the Regional Hospital morgue at Bolgatanga.