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A notorious gang of highway robbers terrorising motorists in Akyem Kade and its environs in Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern region struck again Thursday night.
The robbers mounted roadblocks on Asuom to Kade road and shot at two vehicles including one being driven by a Priest of a Catholic Church.
Information gathered indicate that a driver Abubakari Sule, 37, reported to Police that on that fateful day that about 7:00 pm, whiles he was in charge of unregistered Honda CRV onboard by six persons from Asuom going to Kade, he suddenly noticed that the road has been blocked with firewood forcing him to reduce his speed. Shortly, eight (8) armed robbers wearing masks with some of them holding guns emerged from the bush and fired at his car.
According to reports, the Ghana Ambulance Service driver was left in a critical condition and was referred from Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for medical attention.
The incident is reported to have occurred on the Somanya to Adukrom road around 1:00 am Thursday, January 4, 2021.
Kasapa News reported that the driver in charge of Yilo Krobo Constituency Ambulance with registration Number GV 644-20 went to pick the woman in preterm labour (31 weeks) from Akuse government Hospital to Eastern Regional Hospital since Akuse Hospital has no neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
On his way, the driver bumped into a robbery operation on the road and the armed robbers opened fire on the ambulance shooting him in the head.
His colleague officer, Detective Corporal Christian Tortimeh who was shot in the ribs is currently on admission.
According to reports, the two police officers were part of a Police Patrol team that was dispatched to respond to a robbery attack on Pramkese to Akyem Techiman road.
The armed robbers reportedly blocked the road around 8:30 pm Monday robbing commuters.
The robbers opened fire on the Police Patrol team upon their arrival shooting two of them.