ONE PERSON KILLED IN AMANSIE WEST RIOT

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The Amansie West District Chief Executive, Alex Bonsu has confirmed to Ashanti Today the death of a man during a riot yesterday morning. 

The deceased, who is yet to be identified by security officials, was allegedly killed by a Police officer during a riot by members of one of the communities in the district. 

The Police have taken over the body of the man to the mortuary pending investigations into circumstances surrounding the matter. 

The DCE alleged that the mayhem resulted from a confusion which came about when the Police attempted to clear a road blockade mounted by the residents. 

Speaking in an interview, the DCE said the riot was ostensibly orchestrated by some aggrieved residents of the Manso Nkran township at about 9am yesterday, Tuesday September 15,  over a misunderstanding regarding a resettlement of the community by a new mining company in the district, AsankoGold Limited. 

Mr. Bonsu explained that the riot broke out at a time he and some of the key stakeholders in the district were helping the mining company to inaugurate the 88 apartment resettlement at Manso Nkran and that when he arrived at the scene, matters had gotten worse and therefore had to escape from a possible attack by the rioters. 

The DCE has confirmed also the killing of another person at Datano, also in the Amansie West district but could not give any details of the cause of the death.

 Mr. Bonsu said the District Security Committee, DISEC is having an emergency meeting to deliberate on security situation in the district and also to devise means of restoring peace and order.

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