Corporal Yaw Lokpao, 34, who was stationed at Sawla police station in the Northern region, has been shot dead at Kalba on the Sawla-Tuna Road by some suspected armed robbers.
The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the incident to DAILY GUIDE, said the two suspected robbers, who were on a motorbike, shot the police officer at close range after he ordered them to stop.
ASP Ebenezer Tetteh said the armed robbers fled the crime scene and left the police on the ground.
The policeman was later rushed to the Sawla Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Sawla Hospital pending autopsy.
Earlier the police in region assured the public of peaceful and incident-free holidays after a businessman was killed at Sawla.
FROM Eric Kombat, Sawla I Daily Guide
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