The victims — Mohammed Wanto (47), Abubakari Abdallah (57), and Abubakar Mohammed (56) — were ambushed by unknown masked gunmen at their usual gathering spot, a veterinary shop near Nkawkaw Zongo Barracks, on the evening of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, around 8:00 p.m.

Eyewitnesses reported that two men died instantly, while the third initially escaped but was pursued and fatally shot shortly after. During the attack, a young boy sustained serious gunshot wounds and is currently receiving treatment at Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital.

The brazen nature of the shooting in a public place has left residents terrified, prompting many to flee the area that night. Calls for urgent government intervention are growing louder, with community members demanding either relocation of the Fulani community or enhanced security to prevent further violence.

Halidu Tamimu, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kwahu West, has assured residents that measures are underway to strengthen security.

The Assembly is collaborating with the Minister for Communication, Sam George, and the CEO of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), Richard Karikari Kevor, to install CCTV cameras along the Zongo–Akuajoo stretch to monitor activities and deter criminals.

The Nkawkaw Central Police Command has launched a full-scale investigation into the killings. Although the attackers remain unidentified, police say they are pursuing multiple leads to determine the motive and apprehend those responsible.

The tragic incident has heightened tensions in Nkawkaw Zongo as residents anxiously await swift justice and restored peace.

The incident occurred during a meeting aimed at resolving growing tensions over sand winning, which local farmers say is destroying their farmlands and threatening food production.

Crops such as cassava, maize, and pawpaw have reportedly been severely impacted.

In response to community complaints, the boundary chief of the Adonteng Division of the Akuapem Traditional Area, accompanied by his subjects, visited the site to mediate the situation.

However, the visit turned tragic when a group of armed men—allegedly acting under the instructions of individuals identified as Togbe and Alanyo—opened fire on the chief’s delegation.

The gunfire triggered chaos at the scene, leading to the deaths of at least five people.

Police in Nsawam have so far declined to comment on the incident, indicating that investigations are ongoing.

The community remains tense as residents demand justice and increased security.

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Sources say all four deceased are youth of Ntonso who attended a funeral at Wiamoase.

JoyNews enquiries have revealed that a misunderstanding ensued between two youth groups over an issue that is yet to be established.

It further degenerated into a free-for-all fight, with some youth of the Ntonso community brandishing pistols.

Two women were shot in the process, enraging the Wiamoase youth.

According to JoyNews sources, the Wiamoase youth armed themselves with machetes and attacked the rival group, leading to the killing of four people.

According to eyewitnesses, the suspect, believed to be 18 years old, fled the scene with the victim’s motorbike, leaving him to succumb to his injuries.

However, in a dramatic twist, the suspect was involved in an accident while escaping, leading to his arrest.

The incident occurred in the late hours of Tuesday, March 4, when the suspect allegedly shot the Okada rider before making away with his motorcycle.

He was later rushed to the Mankranso Hospital for treatment after the accident.

The situation escalated when a group of Okada riders, seeking justice for their fallen colleague, stormed the hospital.

Police intervened to prevent further violence and secured the suspect.

He is currently in police custody, assisting with investigations.

Meanwhile, the Adugyama community remains in shock over the tragic incident.

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Jerry Muhindo Kavali, 49, was injured two days ago by a bullet that struck the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) office in Masisi where he was working.

He was taken to hospital in Goma for life-saving treatment but died of his wounds on Saturday.

Colleagues say he was deeply dedicated to humanitarian work and “always had a smile on his face”.

Kavali’s death has angered aid workers trying to help the tens of thousands of Congolese people whose lives have been destroyed by the war.

“Even war has its rules”, said MSF in response to the news.

The town of Masisi, where the MSF worker was shot, has witnessed fierce fighting between militias allied with the Congolese army and rebels belonging to the M23 and Alliance Fleuve Congo rebel groups.

The bullet that killed Kavali was “one of many bullets to hit our premises over recent weeks”, the MSF head of programmes Stephan Goetghebuer said.

Key areas already under M23 control include provincial capitals Goma and Bukavu, and the rebels appear to be continuing their advance.

Eastern DR Congo is rich in minerals and this battle for control of the region partly has its roots in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

It has been riven by conflict for more than 30 years and attempts in recent years to integrate rebels into the Congolese army have failed.

Experts now fear what effects the conflict will have on the wider East Africa region.

On Friday, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution condemning the M23 offensive in eastern DR Congo, urging Rwanda to stop supporting the rebels, and saying they should immediately leave Congolese territory “without preconditions”.

This week, the US announced sanctions on M23 Spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka and Rwandan minister James Kabarebe for his alleged role in the conflict.

Earlier details exclusive to Myjoyonline.com revealed the accident occurred during the firing of musketry by some chiefs at the traditional event.

The journalist who is receiving urgent medical treatment in Dubai was accidentally shot at during a funeral in Dormaa in the Bono Region.

The incident caused severe injury to one of his eyes, leaving him unable to see.

Initial medical attention was provided in Ghana before his transfer to Dubai for specialised treatment.

“He’s now in Dubai seeing to restoring the one eye that is blurry. But it looks like the other one cannot see again,” the source added.

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The incident occurred last week at a funeral in Dormaa, Bono Region, during the firing of musketry by chiefs at the traditional ceremony.

Reports indicate that as Kofi Adomah repositioned himself, gunpowder from a fired musket struck his face, causing severe injuries.

The accident left him unable to see in one eye, with the other eye also affected, resulting in blurry vision.

After receiving initial medical care in Ghana, Kofi Adomah was transferred to Dubai for advanced treatment.

“He’s now in Dubai working to restore vision in the blurry eye, but it seems the other eye may not regain sight,” a source close to the journalist revealed.

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The incident occurred on Sunday, December 15, 2024, when a group of mourners was stopped at a routine police checkpoint.

Tensions escalated when one of the mourners allegedly insulted a female officer, leading to a call for backup. Constable Kennedy Ofori Boateng was among the responding officers.

The situation further deteriorated when the mourners attacked and tried to disarm one of the officers.

In the ensuing struggle, Constable Kennedy was accidentally shot in the abdomen.

He was rushed to a nearby health center but unfortunately succumbed to his injuries.

The family expressed their distress, stating that despite the incident happening in the morning, they were only notified late in the evening by a police officer who mistakenly claimed that Kennedy’s death was election-related violence.

However, videos circulation online of the circumstances leading to his death suggest otherwise.

To date, the family has not received any formal communication or support from the Ghana Police Service, and they have yet to see Kennedy’s body since Sunday.

The family is demanding an official statement from the Police and accountability for the tragic incident.

The incident resulted in the death of one person and left another injured.

The suspects, identified as Awudu Yakubum, Kwabena Essah, Hakeem Bawa, and Issaka Mashual, were taken into custody following the incident.

Authorities recovered an AK-47 rifle loaded with 69 rounds of ammunition from the suspects.

The injured victim is currently receiving medical treatment, while the body of the deceased has been sent to the morgue for preservation and autopsy.

The suspects remain in police custody as investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the violent attack.

One team member is feared dead, and another has sustained injuries after being reportedly assaulted and shot by thugs riding in a V8 car.

The tragic incident unfolded as the team, including the constituency organizer, was returning home when they were ambushed.

The attack marks the second fatality of the day linked to election-related violence.

Earlier, a shooting incident in Nyankpala, Northern Region, claimed one life and left another person injured.

Authorities have since arrested four individuals who are assisting with investigations into the Nyankpala incident.

Security agencies are under increasing pressure to ensure peace and safety as Ghana heads to the polls. Investigations into both incidents are ongoing.

Another fan was injured as the guard opened fire on a large crowd of jubilant supporters at a restaurant in Lukaya town in central Uganda, about 100km (62 miles) from the capital Kampala.

It happened towards the end of the match, which Arsenal won 2-0.

A local journalist told the BBC that the building’s manager was angered by the noise that the jubilant supporters were making and asked the guard to intervene.

However, the fans did not heed a warning to quiet down.

Witnesses told the journalist, Farish Magembe, that the owner switched off the power in the restaurant, angering the fans, who responded by making even more noise.

It was then that the guard allegedly opened fire, firing several shots.

The victim, identified as 30-year-old John Ssenyonga, died at the scene. Another long-term Arsenal fan, Lawrence Mugejera, was taken to hospital for treatment.

Both the guard and the manager of the building are on the run after the incident, with the police looking for them.

The regional police spokesman, Twaha Kasirye, was quoted by the Daily Monitor newspaper as saying that they had recovered a gun at the scene.

“We condemn the incident and we ask anyone with information that can help the police to bring the suspect to book to speak up,” he said.

He also urged fans to control their excitement.

Tensions and tragic violence arising from the outcome of football matches, especially between English clubs, are not uncommon in the country where the English Premier League is followed closely.

In October, an Arsenal fan stabbed a Manchester United fan after the two argued over the results over the results of a clash between Arsenal and Liverpool.

In January last year, a youth councillor died from stab wounds in Kampala after intervening in a fight after Arsenal lost to Manchester City.

Just a week before that, an Arsenal fan had been bludgeoned to death in Adjumani, in the West Nile district.

Hefner, whose real name is Saiveon Hopkins, had traveled to Nebraska from his home in Ontario Canada to celebrate a loved one’s birthday.

While defending his cousin from violence, the 24-year-old was reportedly gunned down on the street in downtown Lincoln about 1.30am.

Despite first responders’ best efforts, Hopkins died in hospital from his injuries about 5.40am Sunday morning.

Eyewitnesses say at least three of the robbers besieged the shop at about 7pm on Friday, August 23, to rob the gold buying shop.

According to the accounts, people present at the shop attempted to resist the operations of the robbers, leading to a sporadic shooting by the robbers.

Five people are reported to have been hit by the bullets. One of them, identified only as Kwame, is said to have died on the spot after he was shot in his abdomen.

The other four people who suffered injuries to their chest, arm and other parts of the body were rushed to the Mankranso hospital and subsequently referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment.

Two of them have since been treated and discharged.

The robbers bolted with gold, sums of money and other valuables, including those of customers and shop attendants.

The Police in the area are on a manhunt for the robbers.

Mankranso, the district capital of Ahafo Ano South-West district, is known to be one of the artisanal small-scale mining hubs in the Ashanti region.

Shiraz-Deen sustained head injuries, while Mahama was injured in the arms.

Both were swiftly transported to Bole Hospital in the Savannah Region for medical attention.

Although no official statement has been issued regarding the raid, locals believe it was an attempt to remove individuals engaged in illegal mining in the district.

However, JoyNews sources in Bole indicate that, the raid might be linked to a series of recent incidents in the area, in which 20 people were mysteriously killed without any subsequent arrests.

Authorities suspect a connection between the illegal miners and these killings, which may have led to the crackdown aimed at driving them out of Bole.

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The shooting began from what sounds like a semi-automatic weapon firing relentlessly for about 6 seconds while dozens of staffers and people were setting up filming equipment on Tuesday afternoon.

The camera man ducked for cover and the video got shaky as he pointed the lens toward the ground, but the background conversation fills in a bit of the story’s blanks.

A group of men apparently were pretending to film a music video or content of their own nearby and fired shots from a white car before they sped off.

Someone off camera can be heard commending them for the deceit, claiming the gunmen “played it smooth.”

More gunshots can be heard blasting not too long after the initial shooting but someone advises the man to put his firearm away, the assailants were long gone, and he was wasting bullets shooting at no one.

When the police responded to reports of shots fired in the shopping district of Verbena Street in Atlanta, they found a 24-year-old male with an apparent gunshot wound to the arm and a 27-year-old male with an apparent gunshot wound to the back.

The police also located a 23-year-old male, who transported himself to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck.

All of them reportedly suffered non-life-threatening injuries and Lil Baby was also reported to be unharmed.

Investigators are now investigating any possible reason behind the sh00ting.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town north-east of Bratislava.

On Wednesday evening Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said Mr Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the situation was “bad”.

Slovak politicians including the president have called the shooting an “attack on democracy”.

The alleged assailant was detained at the scene but has not yet been formally identified by the authorities.

The incident occurred on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, at approximately 6:00 pm.

The assailants, who arrived on a motorbike, opened fire on the officers without provocation, resulting in fatal injuries.

Shockingly, the gunmen did not attempt to rob the victims, fleeing the scene immediately after the attack.

In response to the heinous crime, an intelligence-led operation has been launched to apprehend the suspects and bring them to justice.

The Ghana Police Service is sparing no effort in tracking down the perpetrators and ensuring that they face the full force of the law for their cowardly actions.

In the late hours of Tuesday, April 30, Nana Ben, who doubles as the Gyasehene of Millinneum City allegedly opened fire on the vehicle containing three officers, killing one instantly.

The deceased was shot behind the wheels of his private Toyota  RAV4 car with registration number GR 3591-24.

According to Adom News’ Seth Kofi Adjei who followed the story, the dispute stemmed from a land tussle between the deceased military officer and some alleged illegal developers.

As the officers proceeded to the regional command to lodge a complaint, an eyewitness who spoke to Adom News said Benlord threatened to deal with them if they do not stop pursuing the land and police case.

As his threats went unanswered, he reportedly trailed them from behind and opened fire at the car.

He reportedly shot the deceased who was driving about 7 times in the head and chest area, causing the car to crush into a gutter.

The colleague officers managed to flee the scene.

The wounded officer was rushed to the mother and child hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the 37 military hospital.

Two other officers narrowly escaped death after a sub-chief allegedly opened fire on them in front of the district police station

The incident stemmed from a long-standing dispute over land ownership. It was reported that the brother of one of the military officers had purchased land on behalf of the officers.

However, attempts to develop the land were consistently thwarted by a group led by an alleged land guard.

In a bid to find a resolution, the deceased officer and his companions visited the disputed land, only to find another group already working on it.

Despite their attempts to restore calm and seek intervention from the police, tensions escalated.

According to the alleged landowner, the officers decided to lodge another complaint at the Millennium City District Police Command.

However, upon learning that their initial complaint had been forwarded to the Central East Regional Police Command, they set off to follow up on the matter.

As they departed for the regional police command, the sub chief reportedly attempted to stop them. When the officers refused to comply, he allegedly drew a pistol and opened fire on their vehicle.

Tragically, one officer was fatally wounded, while the others narrowly escaped harm.

Kofi Asmah, the owner of 21st Century Construction Company, who sold the land in question, has accused the police at Millennium City of failing to address the situation effectively due to alleged corruption within their ranks.

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The victims were targeted in a robbery at the office of Jia Xin Industrial mining company, which undertook underground mining within old shafts in the area.

Reports indicate that a group of approximately 15 armed robbers stormed the mining site during a social gathering at night, making off with Ghc10,000 cash and two gold bars.

One of the victims sustained a gunshot injury in his private part.

The assailants disabled the CCTV cameras by confiscating their decoders, demonstrating a calculated and organized approach to the robbery.

“15 people executed the mission, tough guys. They didn’t pass through the Akokoaso Kade road. They took along the decoders of the CCTV cameras. They didn’t target other civilians. The company is licensed to do deep mining prospecting in the Akokoaso old shaft but taking undue advantage to mine to that extent,” a source familiar with the incident told Starr News.

The victims have been hospitalized and receiving treatment.

There have been longstanding tensions between the mining company and the local community.

Over the years, residents have accused Jia Xin Industrial of engaging in illegal mining practices, particularly due to their lack of proper licensing for extensive underground mining activities, which have reportedly caused damage to the area.

Jia Xin Industrial Company inherited the prospecting license from Ofosua Mining and Construction Company in 2018, following approval by then-Minister John Peter Amewu.

However, recent confrontations between the company and local youth have escalated, with 16 individuals from Akokoaso being arrested three weeks prior for illegal mining activities on the company’s concession, allegedly at the behest of Chinese authorities.

The mining company has suffered many robbery attacks in recent times.

According to residents, the victim identified as Baba Mohammed was thrown out from a moving taxi.

They claim the victim may have sustained the gunshot wounds during an armed robbery operation.

The residents reported the matter to the Kasoa Divisional Police Command who rushed him to the Kasoa Polyclinic for urgent medical attention.

Despite efforts to save his life, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Meanwhile, police have launched a manhunt for the suspects.

This was after a misunderstanding over the sale of cocoa beans. It’s unclear who fired the shot but the victims are said to be farmers.

The Principal Medical Officer at the St Mary Theresa Hospital in Papase, Dr David Amankwa Kodua said the three patients were rushed to the emergency unit and have since been stabilized.

He stated that when the patients arrived, they were in serious condition so the emergency team started stabilising them. 

“As of now, they are stable, one of them, who is around 36 years old, received a gunshot wound to the right lower limb, and after investigating further the bullet there confirmed that indeed it was a gunshot wound,” he said.

He added that, the victim suffered a fracture of the tibia, emphasising that arrangements have been made to refer him to the Ho Teaching Hospital, where orthopaedic surgeons will attend to him.

“The other two, one has been discharged. He was very stable. The other is at the ward because we can manage his condition here. He has some lacerations which we are sutured. For him, the X-ray did not show the bullet inside,” Dr Kodua added.

Several properties have been destroyed while residents have fled for their lives, turning the community into a ghost town.

So far, a police officer and five others are in critical condition after the shooting incident which happened on the night of Monday, November 20.

This was as a result of sporadic shooting at the Nkwanta central market.

The victims are currently receiving treatment at Nkwanta St. Joseph Catholic Hospital.

The region has witnessed tribal conflicts involving Adele, Challa, and Akyode over a traditional festival held at Nkwanta JHS A school park.

The main cause of the attack is unknown.

Meanwhile, the Nkwanta South Police has beefed up security in the area to safeguard lives and properties.

The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at about 7:00 PM.

The gang opened fire on the lady, shooting her multiple times in the legs.

The incident caused bystanders to run in all directions to take cover.

It is unclear whether the lady attempted to resist the gang who attacked her on the quiet junction to rob her of her belongings.

Eyewitness Account

A taxi driver who made a daring dash to whisk the bleeding lady to the Living Waters Hospital, Prince Agyapong, recounted how residents in the area were living under constant fear of attacks from these motor-riding robbers.

“The gang members do not look like persons who live in Aprade. They come riding these royal motorbikes looking all suspicious. I passed them when I was driving here, and my instinct told me they were going on an operation.

A few moments afterwards, I heard sporadic shooting. I turned around and got closer to find this lady under attack. I am a quite brave young guy so as people were running away I went straight to the lady, lifted her and stopped a friend’s taxi to rush her to the hospital,” he narrated.

“My brother, if you see what they have done to the legs of this young lady who is wailing uncontrollably in the emergency ward, you will be driven to tears. It’s a pathetic sight,” a saddened Agyapong added.

Residents Concerns

Residents of Aprade, Oduom, and its adjoining communities along the Kumasi Ejisu highway in the Ashanti region, especially women, have become targets for motor riding gangs pounding on unsuspecting persons at dawn and in the evenings.

A woman who spoke to Ultimate News recounted several incidents where these robbers lay ambush at dawn waiting to snatch the belongings of traders who would usually leave home around those early hours for the market.

“Just four days ago, they came back here, held a woman, and robbed her of her money and everything she had on her. They are strangers to this community,” she recounted.

Police Response

The heroic taxi driver, Prince Agyapong, expressed worry that all their complaints to the police to beef up patrols in the area had fallen on deaf ears.

“When this incident happened, police from Tech, Oduom, Ejisu, and all these areas have now woken up from their slumber to come and ask what happened. Why will they have to wait for people to die before they act? Imagine if I was told that my sister had been attacked and maimed by armed robbers like this,” Agyapong bemoaned.

As of 10:30 pm, the family of the victim, who indicated they lived far off in Bekwai, were yet to get to the hospital to offer assistance, leaving the taxi driver playing family to the young lady.

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The victim, Private (Pte) Bayou Roger, from the 5 Infantry Battalion, was part of a platoon from Southern Command performing duties at the Base Ammunition Depot (BAD) near Michel Camp.

The sad incident occurred on Saturday, 19 August 2023 at about 0750 hours at BAD.

Preliminary investigative report released by the Armed Forces indicated that the soldier was last seen sitting on his bed, waiting to relieve his colleague at a duty post at 0800 hours.

While at it, his rifle went off hitting him under his chin; killing him instantly.

The body of the deceased soldier has since been conveyed to the 37 Military Hospital
mortuary.

A team from the Homicide Unit of Ghana Police (GBETSELE Police Station) is collaborating
with the Military Police to investigate the fatal incident.

GAF takes this opportunity to express its deepest condolences to the bereaved family, colleagues, friends and loved ones of the deceased soldier.

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The deceased, according to the police, attempted to escape from custody, forcing them to open fire.

But the family of one of the victims is not satisfied with the explanation of the police, saying they want an independent investigation into the matter.

Speaking to Adom News’ correspondent, Isaac K. Normanyo, the distraught family members are finding it difficult to understand how suspects in police custody will be shot dead.

The police said it acted on intelligence and arrested the two suspects on Wednesday evening, August 9.

Upon search, three unspent cartridges were found on one of the suspect, Amoateng.

The police added that further interrogation led to the retrieval of three guns and other boxes of unspent cartridges in the house of Amoateng.

According to the police, whilst returning to the station, the two suspects attempted to escape, compelling officers to open fire.

The two died on the spot.

Sources within the Jacobu township disclosed, one of the deceased, Agyemang has been convicted severally for robbery but can’t say same for the other, Amoateng.

Mother of Amoateng, Comfort Manu, however, insists her son is not a criminal.

They want the IGP to constitute an independent body to investigate that matter.

The boy – a 13-year-old student at the school – allegedly sketched out the attack in advance on crumpled pieces of paper that officials displayed at a somber press conference. He called police himself after the shootings, they said.

The rare and possibly unprecedented event, in a nation with strict firearms laws yet high levels of gun ownership, sent shockwaves through the local community and beyond.

First reports of the shooting emerged not long after students arrived to begin the day at Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School, a well-known institution in Vračar, an upscale area of the Serbian capital. Panicked parents rushed to the scene.

Seven girls and one boy were killed, alongside the security guard, Belgrade’s Police Chief Veselin Milić said at a press conference. A further six children and one teacher were hospitalized, Serbia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The suspect opened fire in a history classroom, “because it was near the entrance of the school,” he added.

He killed the security guard first, then went to another classroom where she shot some of his schoolmates, Milić said. The teenager then telephoned the police and waited to be arrested in the schoolyard.

The alleged shooter was later filmed being taken from the school in handcuffs with a jacket over his head and wearing blue, skinny jeans. He was flanked by police officers and driven away in an unmarked police car.

Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic said that the suspect’s father was also arrested, adding that it was known that he had previously visited a shooting range with his son, whose age was first given as 14.

Parents gathered outside the school as police responded to the shooting.Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images

According to Gasic, the boy brought two guns from home. “The parent had several pieces of weapon and kept them locked up. The safe had a code. Obviously the kid had the code as soon as he managed to get hold of those two guns. And three frames full of 15 bullets each.”

Milić, the police chief, said the boy had a 9mm pistol and a small caliber pistol in a bag, as well as four Molotov cocktails.

Officials said the shooting was premeditated, and displayed sheets of paper that allegedly showed the suspect’s plans for the attack.

Parents struggled to come to terms with the shooting. The father of one student said he ran to the school to look for his daughter after seeing police at the scene, according to CNN affiliate N1.

“My child is still in shock, full of adrenaline, we haven’t been able to calm her down,” a mother of one child told N1.

Another father recounted a chaotic morning. “I was heading to the bank, and I saw a bunch of police. That was around 8:50. I came running. I saw the school psychologist, I saw the school staff, the teachers who were in shock,” the father told N1.

“The police came quickly, from what I could see. I asked: ‘Where’s my kid?’ And allegedly, one man said that the history teacher was shot. I went back to my apartment to look at my child’s schedule, and she was actually in history class. I took my wife with me and we went back out on the street,” he said.

“I saw that the security guard was lying under a table, in a circle [of blood] I went through the door looking for an attendant. I didn’t know what to do. I asked ‘Where’s my kid?’ and no one was saying anything,” the father said.

Police officers escorted the alleged shooter from the school.Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images

The man later learned that his daughter had escaped unharmed.

The interior ministry said in a statement on Facebook that it was told of the incident at 8.40 a.m. local time (2.40 a.m. ET). “All available police patrols were dispatched to the scene, where they immediately went onto the school grounds and apprehended a minor, a seventh-grader who is suspected to have fired several shots from his father’s gun at students and the school security guard,” the statement said.

A schoolgirl injured in the shooting has life-threatening wounds and was undergoing surgery, N1 reported.

The shooting happened at about 7:30 Saturday morning, when Jeremy Brown was heading out for work.

Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said Kadejah Brown and her husband, Jeremy Brown, had been arguing most of the night. He added that Jeremy Brown was trying to leave the apartment and defuse the situation before being shot. 

There were kids present at the apartment during the time of the shooting, and they were reportedly crying, saying “please, daddy, please” during the livestream.

Authorities said the 28-year-old male victim died from a single gunshot wound and was pronounced dead on the scene. 

Deputies were on the scene in a matter of minutes and were able to recover a handgun, along with a shell casing. 

“There was a history of domestic violence between Brown and the victim,” Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said in a Facebook post. “This was a tragic and senseless murder and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the victim.”

“Fortunately, Brown is in custody, and we look forward to the criminal justice system holding her accountable,” he added. 

They say the gunman acted alone in Thursday’s attack, and is also thought to be dead. His motives are unknown.

Dramatic footage has now emerged that appears to show the suspect firing many rounds through a window of the hall.

The suspect is a former member of the religious community, aged between 30 and 40, Der Spiegel magazine reports.

The victims are yet to be identified, and work at the crime scene continues.

Police say they found a dead person at the scene who they believe may have been the perpetrator.

They were called at about 21:15 local time on Thursday, to reports that shots had been fired in the building.

Officers who went in found people who “may have been seriously injured by firearms, some of them fatally”, he said.

“The officers also heard a shot from the upper part of the building and went upstairs, where they also found a person. So far we have no indications that any perpetrators fled.”

It is thought people had gathered, possibly for a Bible study, when the shooting began at around 21:00 local time.

Gregor Miesbach, who filmed the gunman shooting through a first-floor window, told the Bild newspaper: “I heard loud gunshots, went to the window to get a picture of the situation. I saw a man with a firearm shooting through a window and filmed it.”

Lara Bauch, a 23-year-old student who lives nearby, told the DPA news agency that “there were about four bursts of gunfire – several shots were fired in each burst – with gaps lasting roughly 20 seconds to a minute”.

She said that from her window she could see a person frantically running from the ground floor to the first floor. “The man was wearing dark clothing and moving fast,” she added.

An alert was sent on the federal warning app, NINAwarn, at about 21:00 local time telling locals that “one or more unknown perpetrators shot at people in a church”.

Local residents were told not to leave their homes amid the ongoing police operation.

Footage showed police escorting people out of the meeting hall, some to ambulances.

Hamburg’s Interior Minister Andy Grote said on Twitter that police special forces and a large number of officers had been deployed to the scene.

The reasons behind the shooting were “still completely unclear”.

On Friday morning, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described it as a “brutal act of violence”, saying his thoughts were with the victims and their relatives.

In a statement, the Jehovah’s Witness community in Germany said it was “deeply saddened by the horrific attack on its members at the Kingdom Hall in Hamburg after a religious service”.

Forensic experts in white suits worked through the night inside the brightly lit interior of the meeting house.

Jehovah’s Witnesses are members of a Christian-based religious movement, founded in the US at the end of the 19th Century.

In its latest report from 2022, the movement says there are about 8.7 million Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide, including about 170,000 in Germany.

In the city of Hamburg, there are believed to be nearly 4,000 members of the organisation.

Jehovah’s Witnesses are probably best known for their door-to-door evangelical work; witnessing from house to house and offering Bible literature.

The leaders have appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, to intervene.

Four people were shot dead and many injured after unidentified men allegedly attempted to attack the Paramount Chief of the Aowin Traditional Area, Beyeeman Tano Kwao Benbuin II, in the early hours of Sunday, November 6, 2022.

The traditional council has revealed that since the shooting incident last year, the traditional leaders in the area feel insecure as they have been receiving several threats from unidentified persons believed to be in the same area.

At a press conference at Enchi, Nana Enoku Panyin III, the chief of New Yaakase, who led the press conference, said they live in fear, particularly the paramount chief, Beyeeman Tano Kwao Benbiun.

Nana Enoku Panyin expressed worry about the police’s failure to ensure effective protection of the palace and the traditional leaders since the shooting incident happened. He called on the government to intervene before things get out of control in the area.

However, Nana Enoku Panyin III disclosed that since the undercurrent of these disturbances and assassination attempts are all steeped in chieftaincy disputes, he humbly implored the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs to order urgently the Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs sitting on the dispute regarding the Aowin Paramount Stool to come out with their ruling to forestall any other issues that may hamper the peace and tranquillity of the Aowin Traditional Area.

Also, some of the chiefs, who were present during the press conference who spoke to the media, urged the security operatives in the region to ensure the protection of lives and property in the Aowin traditional area.

Kaydra Johnson, 28, was nabbed by deputies from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, February 6, and charged with four counts of reckless endangerment for allegedly firing the gun at their house while their four kids were inside.

Police said they learned of the domestic violence after a school counselor at Donelson Elementary tipped off the state’s Department of Children’s Services about potential abuse after the young girl penned a story for class about a fight between her parents that ended with gunshots.

The story paints a vivid picture of the dispute.

“Mother and father got into a fight. Mum told him to get out because he was smoking too much. Father hit mother in the eye. Mother said look what you’ve done?” the girl wrote.

“Mother got the gun from under the bed. I was in the living room, and my sisters and brother were in the room. Mother pulled the gun on father and shot three times. The bullets hit the wall. Mother told him to sleep in his car in the driveway and not to come back or she will shoot him again.”

When police arrived at Johnson’s home they found her locked out of her house while her 1-year-old and 4-year-old children were inside, police told WREG.

Police forced the garage door open and firefighters checked on the two children, who appeared to be fine after spending an hour and a half alone inside.

Deputies noted several bullet holes in the living room, bedroom and hallway walls.

Johnson confessed to firing at her husband at least twice but told police it was only after he entered the home without her permission and then punched her and hit her with a vacuum cleaner.

Police said she had a cut and bruising around her right eye.

Johnson said three of her children were on the couch and the fourth was in the bathroom when she fired the gun. Her husband was not injured. Two guns were seized from the home.

Two of her children were placed in custody with their grandmother and two others are with their aunt. 

The suspect allegedly shot his friend, Yaw Saahene, 35, during a confrontation after he accused the victim of attempting to snatch his wife.

Suspect Akwasi is said to have initially orchestrated a fight, despite both his wife and friend denying the accusation. Neighbours, however, settled the fight and each returned to their homes.

Eyewitnesses told Adom News’ Augustine Agyapong, that the suspect thereafter summoned Saahene to his home under the pretext of burying the hatchet.

However, suspect Akwasi allegedly shot him multiple times in the stomach area as he entered the compound and subsequently fled the scene.

Meanwhile, the Tepa district police have visited the crime scene and deposited the body at the Tepa Government Hospital.

The police have launched a manhunt for Akwasi Noshi.

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“The individual is a 6-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” Drew said. “We have been in contact with our commonwealth attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man.”

Drew said the female teacher – who is in her 30s – was shot inside a classroom and added that “this was not an accidental shooting.”

The police chief said there was an altercation between the teacher and the student, who had the firearm, and that a single round was fired.

Drew, who had earlier said the teacher was in critical condition, said Friday evening her injuries were considered life-threatening but that there was “some improvement in the last update that we got.”

There were no other students involved, the chief said.

The investigation is ongoing, he added.

“We’ll get the investigation done, there’s questions we’ll want to ask and find out about. I want to know where that firearm came from, what was the situation,” Drew added.

Richneck Elementary School will be closed Monday, according to Newport News Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. George Parker.

“I’m in shock, and I’m disheartened,” Parker said in Friday’s news conference. “We need to educate our children and we need to keep them safe.”

“We need the community’s support, continued support, to make sure that guns are not available to youth and I’m sounding like a broken record today, because I continue to reiterate that: that we need to keep the guns out of the hands of our young people,” the superintendent said.

Officials are also looking into any past instances that may have transpired before the shooting, Parker added.

It is believed that Nana Kwasi Fauchie was allegedly murdered some time between Sunday evening and Monday morning after he failed to return home.

He is said to have gone hunting in the Krokosu Hill forest reserve.

A search team was launched to comb the forest in search of the chief linguist, but yielded no results on the first day.

His deceased body was, however, discovered on Wednesday in another portion of the vast forest.

He was found naked in a supine position with a visible gunshot wound beneath his stomach.

The police have been called to the scene and his body has been deposited at the Juaboso Government Hospital for further investigation.

The Chief of Sehwi Proso, Nana Tan Kwaku II, told Adom News rituals will be performed to bring out the perpetrator.

On Saturday evening, it was revealed that the rapper was shot and killed minutes after he shared his location on Instagram and sent a message to his enemies to come through if they were brave enough.

On his Instagram Story, Rollie Bands shared that he would be home within a certain time frame, and anyone who has a bone to pick with him should stop by.

“A lot of these n***as [know] where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n***a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 mins,” he said.

It’s unclear if he had issues with others that caused him to share the post, but within minutes of being home, the rapper was shot and killed.

According to Fox 13, he was followed not only on social media but on his way home. As he arrived outside of his apartment just moments after sharing the Instagram story, he was shot and killed.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reportedly responded to the shooting, which took place in Tampa, Florida.

Rollie Bands reportedly died at the hospital after being transported by a good Samaritans.

Police are still to find and charge the suspect. Reports online suggest that it was a lone gunman who committed the act, while police reports suggest that the individual was known to the rapper.

In the meantime, many have reacted to the rapper’s death as some call out the sheer ignorance of his actions. Not much is known about Rollie Bands yet, but he is an upcoming rapper from Florida and has several singles out, including songs like “Pusha P,” “Struggle,” and “Foreigner.” Unfortunately, he received more attention on him as a rapper in death than when he was alive.

His social media account has since been flooded with comments and posts from persons mocking his death.

The filing of the witness statements will pave the way for the court to commence a case management conference

Soon after the case management conference, a date for the trial will be fixed.

Prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Maxwell Oppong, told the court that he had taken over the case docket from his colleague and would need two weeks to file the witness statements.

The court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Essandoh, granted the prosecution’s request and adjourned the matter to June 29.

Shatta Wale is standing trial with Kojo Owusu Koranteng, aka Nana Dope, Eric Venator, aka Gangee and Iddirsu Yusif, for publication of false news.

The accused are standing trial for allegedly publishing news that Shatta Wale had been shot.

They have denied the charge and are on bail. Shatta Wale is on GHC100,000 self-recognisance bail while his accomplices are on GHC100,000 bail with a surety each.

According to a preliminary report, trouble started when Burna Boy and five police escorts visited the nightclub around 4am on June 8.

About four policemen waited outside while one of the policemen, identified as Inspector Ibrahim, who was in mufti, accompanied the Grammy-Award-winning artiste into the club.

According to multiple witness statements, Burna was in the VIP section with three women when he spotted another woman.

He was reported to have told one of his police escorts to invite the woman to join him.

However, the lady’s husband was said to have lambasted the singer, insisting that it was disrespectful for any man to make advances at his wife.

After some minutes, Burna Boy reportedly made fresh advances at the woman.

This infuriated her husband further and his friends who had gathered at the club.

“As things were getting heated, Ibrahim brought out his service pistol and shot multiple times while Burna Boy was laughing,” said a senior policeman.

In the process, 27-year-old Lawrence was shot in the thigh while his friend, Tolu, was hit in the head by a bullet. This caused a commotion in the club.

It was learnt that Burna Boy and his crew then drove off to one of his properties at the Elegushi end of the Lekki-Epe Expressway before leaving for Lekki Phase 1.

“Aware of what he had done, Burna Boy took the next flight out without even informing the policemen. He only made a video call to them to inform them that he had travelled to Spain. All his police escorts have been arrested and are currently at the Command headquarters,” said a top source at the office of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.

Sources close to the victims said the police were already making attempts to protect Burna Boy because of his status while the victims were treating their wounds at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

In a chat with Sunday Scoop, a brother to the victim, who identified himself only as Jide, said his brother had undergone surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his thigh.

Jide added that Irebami, who is based in the United States of America, arrived in Nigeria a week ago for a wedding.

He also berated the management of Club Cubana for not doing enough to forestall the situation, adding that the club management had not even reached out to the family since the incident occurred.

Attempts to get a response from Burna Boy’s manager, Mrs Bose Ogulu, who is also his mother, proved abortive as she neither responded to calls nor a text message on Saturday.

Similarly, Chioma Nwachukwu, a media consultant for Cubana, did not respond to calls on Saturday.

But the Spokesman for the Lagos State Police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the focus of the investigation was the policemen.

Hundeyin claimed that the police had not received any complaint from any victim.

The incident, which has left gunshot wounds to some six persons, is said to be over a piece of disputed land in the area.

One of the residents, Humu Yakubu, told Joy News, the shooting by the armed thugs has disoriented her and left her in a state of fear and apprehension.

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Officers confirmed that the suspected shooter, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun, was also dead.

Police arrived at the scene on Wednesday afternoon at St Francis Hospital in three minutes – which they say ensured the death toll wasn’t higher.

Multiple injuries had also been confirmed, officials added.

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Deputy Police Chief Eric Dalgleish said: “Right now we have four civilians that are dead, and one shooter that is dead.”

He said the shooter, who has not yet been identified, sustained fatal gunshot wounds which were believed to have been self-inflicted.

The suspect “had one long gun and one hand gun on the scene at the time”, he said.

No information was available about a possible motivation for the attack.

Deputy Dalgleish said that police received a call about an active shooter at 16:52 local (20:52 GMT) and arrived at the scene within three minutes.

“The officers who did arrive did hear shots in the building and that’s what directed them to the second floor,” he said.

Officers are currently interviewing witnesses throughout the building, including those who were on the second floor – where the attack took place.

Speaking to ABC News, Captain Richard Meulenberg said that by the time police arrived at the medical campus they “found a few people have been shot” and some of them had already died.

It was a “catastrophic scene”, he said.

US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the Tulsa shooting, White House officials also said in a statement.

Last Saturday, President Biden urged Americans to make their voices heard to prevent further gun violence, following the killing of 19 children and two teachers at a school in Texas.

On Saturday night, Musk tweeted: “Wow, good for her and saving those people!”

He was responding to a tweet that described the story as “a good gal stops a bad guy with a gun” tweeted by an account arguing against restrictions on gun ownership.

The tweet from user @RimmerTurk tagged Musk, saying: “There are legitimate reasons to carry. Help us counter the lies by anti gunners!”

According to the Charleston Police Department, the woman shot the man dead after he opened fire on a party of 30 to 40 people. Police said the attack followed him being asked not to speed earlier that day.

The man, later identified as Dennis Butler, started firing into the crowd on Wednesday night with an AR-15-style firearm, said police spokesman Tony Hazelett.

This prompted the female bystander to use a pistol to shoot and kill Butler, the police said. The woman hasn’t been named.

“She’s just a member of the community who was carrying her firearm lawfully and instead of running from the threat, she engaged with the threat and saved several lives last night,” Hazelett said.

Butler died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Hazelett said there were no other injuries. He said there will be no charges filed against the woman.

Musk’s tweet came at a time when the debate over stricter gun control measure laws has intensified after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas

On Wednesday, a day after the shooting, Musk laid out his stance on gun control in an email to CNBC. Musk said he supports mass gun ownership but wanted “tight” background checks before people can purchase them.

Musk said he supports gun ownership as a “safeguard” against tyrannical government.

In June 2021 President Joe Biden mocked people who make arguments like Musk’s, saying “if you think you need to have weapons to take on the government, you need F-15s and maybe some nuclear weapons.”

Musk did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment on Sunday morning.

The clash was between Kusaasi and Mamprusi over a protracted chieftaincy dispute.

The shooting incident which started at 7pm, Monday, is said to have lasted for several hours.

Two males and an elderly female were shot dead as a result.

A source told Adom News the victims were targeted and murdered in their respective homes at Siginabtinga, a suburb of Bawku.

Police have visited the scene and restored calm. No arrest has, however, been made.

The bodies of the victims have been released for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.

Over seventy people, mostly indigenes of Atwima Afrancho, were held hostage for about thirty minutes as the robbers demanded their personal belongings.

“All we heard was an order for the lights to be put off. On the third command, they shot into the congregation. The shots fired injured some children here but we didn’t know. One of the robbers started walking through the church auditorium, taking money and phones of congregants”, Prophet Bernard Appiah Fobi, one of the preachers invited for the event explained.

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He narrates some persons were beaten mercilessly, “a pregnant woman and husband were beaten mercilessly. An old man was also beaten because he could give them just 10 cedis.

The church is situated on the outskirts of the community, a part of new buildings under construction.

The Easter Convention had brought many to the church for the first time.

Maame Ama, a ten-year-old, has undergone a surgical operation to correct the injury on the leg sustained through the shootings.

Rev. Newton explains she was shot in both legs.

“Her leg got broken, a bullet went through the leg. It was very dangerous. It took us a lot of courage to carry her to the hospital. We all thought the leg would be severed”, he said.

About two hundred metres from the church lives twelve-year-old Juliana Amankwaah.  She sits on a bench, surrounded by her family.

 Just below the knee, a bandage covers the injury sustained from the shooting.

“When I touched it I could feel my flesh, it was a deep wound. The skin was off, as if it has been bitten by an animal”, little Juliana narrates. 

Her mother, a farmer, is forced to abandon her daily routine on the farm to cater for her distraught daughter.

Abena Konadu, who was also at the church, is traumatized by the incident.

“I would have gone to the farm to find some food for my kids, due to the injury she sustained I can’t leave her. In the evening, I feel they are going to come back. I am afraid”, she said.

From the toe to the thigh, 13-year-old Angelina Obeng is wrapped in bandage rendering her immobile.

Pellets of bullets were picked from the wound sustained from the shooting.

After being shot, Angelina had to run a distance through the bushes for fear that the robbers were lurking around.

“Immediately the robbers left, someone raised an alarm that they were coming back so we all run into the bush. I further sustained some injuries”, she said.

Her grandmother, Margaret Opoku is traumatized and worried about how to cater for the injured granddaughter.

“Her mother died eight months ago so she is stuck with me. Her father hasn’t been here for a long time”, she said.

Mother of seven, Christiana Agyei sits in front of her room with her in-law, Rashida Issaka. Both are victims of the incident. Rashida is three months pregnant.

 She says aside from the injury sustained through the shooting, she feels a sharp pain throughout her body after a man fell on her in the rush to carry through orders of the armed robbers.

“After we were shot, they ordered us to lie down. Unfortunately for me, I fell and some people fell on me. That is what has affected me. The wound I sustained from the gun shots isn’t that bad”, she said.

Christiana has to put her kenkey business on hold to heal her injury on one leg.

 “Whenever I am alone, I feel their presence. I am afraid”, she said.

An amount of over five thousand cedis have gone into medical bills, all paid by the church.

But the church may not be able to raise more money to cater for the affected persons.

Meanwhile, Atwima Kwanwoma District Police Command is investigating the incident.

The victim, narrating the incident to Adom News’ Alfred Amoh, said her husband had earlier requested a torchlight to go on snail hunting.

She explained the suspect, who is currently on the run, returned around 8:00 pm on Easter Saturday and demanded the money but she could not provide it.

His husband, who was not pleased, threatened to kill her and eventually shot her in her two palms after missing the targeted neck.

The victim is currently battling for her life at the St Francis Xavier Hospital at Assin Fosu.

The Assin South police command has since mounted a manhunt for the suspect.

Footage of the 4 April incident in Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows Patrick Lyoya, 26, running from the officer following a traffic stop.

The officer, who has not been named, is then heard telling Mr Lyoya to “let go” of his Taser, before the man is shot as he lies face-down on the ground.

The shooting has led to protests.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered on Wednesday outside the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) demanding the name of the police officer involved be made public.

State police are currently investigating the incident.

Mr Lyoya is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo and had lived in Grand Rapids for about five years, according to the office of civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the Lyoya family.

On Wednesday, the GRPD released footage of the incident from a police body camera, a police unit’s dashcam, a mobile phone and a home surveillance system.

One of the videos shows the officer pulling over Mr Lyoya’s vehicle shortly after 08:00 local time (12:00 GMT) on 4 April.

The officer decided to stop the car for improper registration, authorities were quoted as saying by CNN.

Mr Lyoya gets out of the car, but the officer asks him to get back in.

Appearing confused, Mr Lyoya stays out of the vehicle and asks what he has done. The officer asks if he speaks English, and Mr Lyoya replies “yes”.

Mr Lyoya is then asked repeatedly if he has a licence, and after a brief conversation he runs from the officer.

The two are then seen wrestling on the ground and the policeman gets out his Taser, which the two fight over. The officer tells Mr Lyoya to let go of the stun gun.

During this altercation the officer accidentally turns off his body camera, according to police.

However, footage filmed from the mobile phone of Mr Lyoya’s passenger has also been released, which appears to show the officer shooting Mr Lyoya in the back of the head.

Speaking at a Wednesday briefing, GRPD chief Eric Winstrom said: “From my view of the video, Taser was deployed twice. Taser did not make contact.”

“And Mr Lyoya was shot in the head. However, that’s the only information that I have,” he said, describing the incident as a “tragedy”.

The police officer is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. He would not be identified publicly unless criminal charges were to be brought, Mr Winstrom said.

Mr Crump, representing the Lyoya family, has demanded that the officer be fired and charged.

He tweeted that the videos showed the police officer shooting unarmed Mr Lyoya “while he was on the ground and facing away from the officer!”

“Patrick never used violence against this officer even though the officer used violence against him in several instances,” Mr Crump added.

He is to reappear on March 25 after the court, presided over by Mr Maxwell Titriku, refused the plea by the suspect for bail.

The 61-year-old businessman has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of causing harm, contrary to sections 46 and 69 of the Criminal Offence Act 1960 (Act 29).

ASP John Baidoo, prosecuting, prayed the court to remand him to enable the police to conclude investigations.

Last Thursday, Yunusah allegedly shot the lecturer, Stephen Mane, 64, while four others sustained various degrees of injury over a land dispute.

Police reports say, one of the four injured persons on admission at the Wa Municipal Hospital has also died.

He has been identified as Iddrisu Alhassan, 46, administrative staff at the Simon Dieddong Dombo University for Integrated Business Studies in Wa.

The Regional Police Commander, DCOP Peter Ndegugri, named some other persons who sustained injuries as Haruna Umar, 44, a driver, Hamza Hamid Erasug, 19, student, and Amish Umar, 18, driver.

Meanwhile, the family of Mr. Mane has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and Director-General of the CID to intervene to ensure justice is served.

Cristina Vita Aranda, who has three children with Club Olimpia player Ivan Torres, was pronounced dead shortly after being rushed to hospital with a bullet wound to her head.

Local reports said left-back Torres, a former U20 international, was also at the concert and helped get his wife to hospital.

The model and influencer announced recently they were planning to divorce after 10 years of marriage.

The pretty brunette is believed to have been caught up in the crossfire of a gunfight in a VIP area at the Jose Asuncion Flores Ampitheatre in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion, although Sunday’s shooting is still being investigated by police and prosecutors.

A man named as Marcos Ignacio Rojas Mora also died, with unconfirmed reports saying the intended target was a drug dealer identified locally as Ederson Salinas Benitez.

Four people aged between 23 and 40 were also shot and were being treated for their injuries in hospital today.

Ivan, who began his career with Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno before signing for the club’s arch-rivals Club Olimpia in December 2014, is said to have suffered a panic attack but was uninjured.

Local TV footage showed one of the victims being carried out of the ampitheatre on a stretcher by security guards and paramedics while a man who also appeared to be hurt was guided towards an exit by two men helping him to walk.

Confirming 29-year-old Cristina’s death, Itaugua Nacional Hospital director Yolanda Gonzalez said: “She was intubated when she arrived and attempts were made to resuscitate her for at least 25 minutes after she went into cardiac arrest.

“She died after the lengthy attempts to save her life.”

Vita Aranda described herself on Instagram to her 445,000 followers as a personal trainer although she also did modelling work and was often referred to as an influencer in her homeland.

She posted footage of herself four days before her death working out in the gym.

She wrote alongside the selfie video of her lifting weights: “People think I go to the gym only so I can show off a good body.

“What they don’t know is that it controls stress and anxiety, it helps improves my morale and it gives me physical and mental strength and confidence.”

Cristina and her husband posed together for a Christmas picture before the brunette’s recent announcement they had decided to call time on their relationship.

Ivan, who has yet to publicly comment on the tragedy, wrote: “Family united and the table laid, the most special thing of every Christmas.”

Following news of their split, the footballer said in a photo he posted with their children: “I have always been a very sincere person and today I feel very sad and in a lot of pain.

“But despite that I’m here today to give my best and fight always.

“I thank my family, my teammates and ex-teammates who are supporting me at this difficult moment.”

They were still man and wife when the shooting happened and were believed to be trying to patch things up between them.

A group called Binomio de Oro were on stage when the shooting occurred. The concert was suspended immediately.

Ivan Torres enjoyed a spell in Argentina with first-division side Club Atletico Colon between his time with Club Olimpia.

He returned to the Paraguay side in 2017 following the end of his loan period.

Olimpia cancelled its morning training session today following the death of Torres’ wife.

The decision was taken after it emerged another player’s wife was among the injured.

Argentinian Victor Salazar’s partner Xoana Danila Barrientos, 29, was rushed to hospital after being shot in the leg at the same concert.

Her condition has been described as stable.

Police chief Benicio Ramirez confirmed initial reports pointed to Ivan’s wife Cristina Vita Aranda being a “collateral victim.”

He told a local radio station: “The initial police theory is that she was a collateral victim.

“She was shot in the head and didn’t survive.”

The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday while the victim, identified as Kwasi Mireku, was playing with his friends.

The suspect has only been identified as ‘Soldier’.

Narrating the incident to Adom News, the mother of the victim, Sarah Pedikan, said she was working in her backyard when she heard the gunshot and asked the children to leave the place.

Not long afterward, some friends of Kwasi rushed to announce the latter had been shot.

“I asked my son what happened and he told me he was going to pick water from the room but when I confronted the Chinese, he said my son was rather going to his room,” she narrated.

However, irate residents believe he did it on purpose, adding this is not the first time Chinese nationals in the area have attacked locals.

The timely intervention of the Nkwakaw Divisional Police Command saved the suspect from being lynched as the residents besieged his house amid threats to set it on fire.

They have however threatened reprisal attacks should such an incident re-occur.

The Divisional Commander ACP Kofi Adu has urged calm among the residents as they begin investigations into the matter.

Kwasi who is also in a critical condition is currently undergoing treatment at the Nkawkaw Government Hospital.

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The alleged suicide is believed to be related to a wrong money transaction that dipped, causing him to lose all his savings.

According to his son, Opuni Emmanuel, his father was also faced with a divorce after his clients labeled him a fraudster for failing to double their monies as agreed.

On the morning of Monday, January 9, Opuni said his father locked himself in his room after ordering roasted plantain and pear as breakfast.

He said while he was still making the meal, he heard a gunshot, followed by another which caused him to panic.

His worst fear was confirmed when the door was forced open to reveal his father lying in a pool of blood.

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Meanwhile, the body has been deposited at the Asante Akyem Agogo Presbyterian Hospital.

Three guests were shot dead at a wedding reception in eastern Afghanistan on Friday night, apparently, because music was being played, according to the Taliban.

The attack was carried out by three assailants who claimed to be members of the Taliban before opening fire, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters at a press conference Sunday.

Mujahid said the gunmen attacked a reception taking place in the Surkh Rod district of Nangarhar Province.

A local journalist also told CNN at least two people had been killed and 10 others injured.

The Taliban spokesman added that it was not permissible to kill anyone for playing music, and an investigation was underway to establish whether the incident was due to a personal feud.

“In the ranks of the Islamic Emirate, no one has the right to turn anyone away from music or anything, only to try to persuade them.

That is the main way,” Mujahid told the press conference, according to AFP.

Mujahid later reiterated in a series of Twitter posts that the suspects had claimed to be Taliban members, and had asked for the music to be stopped before firing before opening fire — but did not verify whether or not they were.

He said two people connected to the incident had been arrested, but a third had escaped.

Although they disapprove of playing music at weddings and other public events, the Taliban has not issued a decree banning it since coming to power in August. 

However, in late August folk singer Fawad Andarabi was dragged from his home and killed by the Taliban, while musicians in the country told CNN’s Clarissa Ward they had been told not to play their instruments.

During their previous period of rule in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban banned most forms of music as un-Islamic.

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