Three people have lost their lives during an armed robbery raid at Manso Datano in the Ashanti region.
The victims included the driver of the District Chief Executive for the Amansi South District, a 60-year-old man, and another person who was on a motorbike before the incident happened.
According to the locals, the armed men who were unidentified blocked the road leading to the town at around 7 o’clock in the evening. They started shooting anyone they found on sight.
The driver of the D.C.E who was returning from official duties met this incidence and was shot several times in the chest through the windscreen of the car. The armed robbers fled the scene upon police arrival.
The bodies of the deceased are being kept at the St. Martin Hospital with police intelligence working to investigate the matter further.