Robbers kill man who identified them at Bokankye
One of the suspected masterminds of an armed robbery incident which led to the death of one Kwame Boateng, a resident of Bokankye in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in Ashanti Region last Saturday has been arrested.
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The police in Abuakwa picked up 30-year-old Bismark Owusu on suspicion of being the brain behind the incident. Owusu used to be an errand boy for the robbery victim, one Antwi Boasiako, a worker of Newmont Gold Mining Company.
The robbers were fleeing the robbery scene, but Boateng who was coming to visit Boasiako was shot outside the house because, according to the police, he was able to identify the suspects.
The Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Mohammed Yussif Tanko, told the Daily Graphic that the incident happened on Saturday January 2.
He said the armed robbers, numbering five, broke into Boasiako’s house and robbed him at about 7:30 pm, during a blackout.
They were hooded and were armed with two AK47 rifles. They made away with two laptops, cash of GH₵1,000, six mobile phones and other valuable items.
According to the police, the deceased, also known as Agya Boat, was shot in front of the house of Antwi Boasiako after they had finished robbing the occupant and were leaving.
The robbers had then taken off their hoods and Boateng, who did not know they had come to rob the occupant of the house, identified and called them out and for fear of being reported to the police, the robbers shot him and fled the scene.
According to the police, Owusu was picked up because he knew the house and the movement of the victim.
According to ASP Tanko, a taxi driver who appeared on the scene, picked up Boateng to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) where he died on arrival.
He said Boateng allegedly told the taxi driver that he suspected that they shot him because he was able to make them out.
He, however, could not tell the driver the identities of the suspects before passing out.
