MAN KILLED FOR ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO STEAL KIA GRAND BIRD VIP BUS

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A man believed to be in his mid-30s has been lynched at Asafo in Kumasi by a mob. The man was accused of attempting to steal one of the Grand Bird buses belonging to the V.I.P. Transport company.

 

Ashanti Today gathered from the scene of the incident that incident happened at about 4am today, Wednesday March 8, 2023.

 


 Eye witnesses alleged that at about 4am, the unknown man in his mid-30s, entered, started and took off the Grand Bird bus with registration number GE 2304-10 from around the round about near the Ashanti Area head office of the Ghana Revenue Authority, G.R.A. at Asafo Dadiesoaba also closer to the Nana Afia Kobi Market. According to the eye witnesses account, the driver’s mate, who was sleeping nearby, realized the move and quickly pursued the bus in a tricycle.

 

It was when the suspected thief, while on the verge of entering the main Asafo-Atonsu highway, realized he could not escape arrest, left the bus while it was in motion and attempted to run away.

The driver’s mate and concerned members of the public around however pursued and arrested the man.

The bus, then without any driver, moved backward hitting a stationary salon car also around the same round about before it could stop but damaging the salon car in the process.

 

Meanwhile, the Police at Asokwa in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, have conveyed the remains of the man to the morgue for preservation pending investigations into actual circumstances of the incident.




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