ONE out of six suspected armed robbers was killed in a shoot-out with the police at Obuasi at the weekend.
One other sustained gunshot wounds, while the rest managed to escape.
According to the police, the robbers were laying siege to the warehouse of Africa Explosives Limited at Sanso, near Obuasi when police intervened, leading to the shoot out.
Both the deceased and the injured, who are said to be in their early twenties, are yet to be identified.
The injured was said to have received gunshots in the hands and abdomen and was in critical condition.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), hospital mortuary, while the injured is receiving medical care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), where he was rushed to.
The gun battle lasted for about 20 minutes.
The Obuasi Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Amissah, who briefed the Daily Graphic about the incident, said upon receiving a tip-off that a gang of robbers were besieging the warehouse to rob it of quantities of explosives, police laid ambush around the area.
He said previously, the police were providing a 24-hour guard at the warehouse, which supplies explosives to the mining and quarry industries at Obuasi and its environs.
He said,however, for sometime now, they had not been able to keep guard due to some technical reasons, so the gang took advantage of their absence and decided to invade the warehouse.
Chief Superintendent Amissah said when the police had information that the gang had planned to operate, they laid ambush and around 11 a.m. saw members of the gang, who were wielding locally manufactured guns, machetes and cudgels, entering the premises of the warehouse in an attempt to break into it.
He said when the police ordered them to surrender their weapons, the gang opened fire, compelling the police to respond, resulting in the death of one, while the other was injured.
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