Manso Keniago: 3 reported dead, 13 injured after community members clashed with NAIMOS over seizure of illegal mining equipment.
Three people have reportedly died following a confrontation between community members at Manso Keniago in the Ashanti region, illegal miners and personnel from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS).
NAIMOS personnel are in the Manso area of the Ashanti Region as part of an operation this week.
A number of excavators and changfang machines have been confiscated.
As part of an operation to move the seized excavators out of the Manso Keniago area on Wednesday afternoon, some community members reportedly prevented them from doing so.
In the ensuing confrontation, there was an exchange of gunfire resulting in injuries and the death.
Graphic Online gathers that as of 6pm, three people had died.
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