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Three persons arrested in Asiwa over police officers attack

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Three persons have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident which left four police officers, wounded at Asiwa in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti region.

They have been identified as 20-year-old Marcus Anang, Emmanuel Sekyere, 27 and teenager Emmanuel Appiah, 17.

The three were among a group of people who mounted  roadblocks, laid ambush and fired several shots at police officers.

The officers, including a District Police Commander, were on a mission to arrest murder suspects in the town.

The incident occurred at about 12 a.m in Tuffuorkrom near Nsuta.

Asiwa District Commander, ASP Dennis Boateng, and four other police personnel sustained severe gunshot wounds.

He was transferred from the New Edubiase Government Hospital to the Accident and Emergency Center at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

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