A student of the Kumasi Secondary Technical School on Monday has allegedly fired a gunshot at a police officer after the officer invaded a joint perceived to be a smoking place for students.
The security personnel upon seeing some students jump over the school wall to the other side chased them and upon reaching the scene, one of the students pulled a pistol and fired at the policemen.
The pistol, however, missed the target. The students then pulled out knives and cut the hand of one of the police officers.
The injured officer was rushed to the hospital by some passersby.
Reports indicate that the assembly member of Patasi area upon appeal by the headmaster of the school wrote to the Ghana Police Service for security officers to guard some parts of the school compound which serve as smoking points for these students.
Authorities of the school have recently battled the students who have broken parts of the school walls to provide entrance to their comfort zones.
The police have since launched investigations into the matter.
Increased number of murdered police officers
At least 48 police officers are reported to have died in the process of discharging their constitutional duties in Ghana from 2013 to date.
The number of officers killed each year during the period is 2013 – thirteen; 2014 – 11; 2015 – seven; 2016 – six; 2017 – seven and 2018 – four.
According to data compilations by the Ghana police service, at least 15 out of the 48 were killed by armed robbers and unidentified gunmen.
The affected officers died in several circumstances, including during exchange of fire with armed robbers, motor accidents, stabbing, being run over by vehicles, and police crossfire.
During the period, three police officers were mistakenly killed by police fire, who mistook them for armed robbers.
Some three police officers were also stabbed to death in the line of duty.
A total of nine police officers lost their lives when they were either knocked down or run over by vehicles during the period.