The incident took place at Ntotroso in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region, after clashing with police, the report added. ASP Isaac Kwame Loh, who is the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ahafo Police Command, explained that the protesting youth stormed Newmont’s premises and opened fire on the security officers who were at post there. He added that attempts upon attempts to halt the youth from the “firing of their weapons” were unsuccessful, pushing for the police to launch a reprisal attack. “They had weapons like cutlasses and some action guns and broke into the camp amidst firing of weapons. Also, Newmont’s Agbeko Azumah, the Director of Communications and External Relations, disclosed that “no employee of Newmont had been injured.”

Source: GhanaWeb July 16, 2021 13:39 UTC