An attack on a bullion van on Monday, June 14, 2021, by suspected armed robbers has resulted in the death of a police officer escorting the vehicle and an onlooker.
The incident happened at Amamomo, a suburb in the Greater Accra Region, in broad daylight.
The onlooker, a 40-year-old mother of three, was shot because she saw the whole incident, according to reports.
Reports trickling in suggest that the bullion van, which was filled with cash, was trailed by the robbers in a taxi and another one on a motorbike.
When the van reached the scene of the incident, the suspected robbers attacked the van by firing indiscriminately at it and killing the police officer who had been detailed to provide security for the van.
The police officer died instantly, according to Prime News sources.
The driver of the bullion van sustained severe injuries and is currently receiving treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
An eyewitness has told the media that the suspected robbers sound like foreigners.
The attackers bolted with a safe containing an unspecified amount of cash on a motorbike, the eyewitness said.
Bold attacks by armed robbers, especially in the capital, have been on a rise recently.
Last week, June 9, two armed men broke into a forex bureau near Honeysuckle in Osu in broad daylight.
Amateur footage of the robbery posted on social media showed the robbers raiding the forex bureau while the only security officer on duty stood helpless with a stick in his hand.