Two armed robbers have been shot dead on the Kaneshie-Odorkor highway in Accra. This happened when the robbers engaged the police in a shoot out in a robbery attack on the Renault/Hyundai car company.
According to the Accra Regional Police Command, the robbers, numbering about four, engaged the police in a shootout in an attempt to escape arrest.
The police revealed in a press release that they got a tip-off that the armed robbers had planned to attack a cashier of the Renault/Hyundai car company located at Atico Junction along the Kaneshie-Odorkor Highway.
Following a heads-up, the police laid ambush close to the company as they patiently waited for the robbers to make a move to rob the cashier of her daily sales.
“At about 5:30 pm, when the cashier came out with the daily sales of the Renault section of the company to hand over same to the Hyundai department of the company, the robbers rushed and pulled out a pistol on her and robbed her of the handbag containing the company’s sales money.”
The police team moved in on the robbers but they were met with gunshots after the robbers sensed danger and tried to escape. However, some of the robbers managed to bolt but the others were unfortunate.
They sustained gunshot wounds but were pronounced dead on arrival at Hospital. Public Relations Officer at the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Afia Tenge confirmed this to the media.
