The Eastern South Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with a crossfire incident over the weekend during the performance of a burial rite at Asamankese in the Lower West Akyem District of the Eastern Region.
According to police reports, some disgruntled youth pelted stones and fired guns indiscriminately at the bereaved family in resistance to allegations of the burial of six royals in the royal cemetery. The police arrested three youths in the process led to a mob of youths who pelted stones and other objects at its officers who were providing security for the burial rites.
The police in a statement indicated that a gun, 84 live AAA cartridges, seven cutlasses, and two knives were retrieved from the scene where the suspects were arrested, while the victims from the crossfire are receiving care at the Asamankese government hospital, and the suspects are in police custody, assisting in further investigations.
In the Asamankese area, as residents engage in their daily business, police presence remains high. Pockets of prolonged chieftaincy disputes, possession of arms is a major threat to the police, and security agencies must deal with it.
