General News of Thursday, 29 June 2017Source: classfmonline.comSoldiers shoot civilian after dispute in Ashanti RegionYaw was hit in the ankle after some soldiers fired warning shotsA 32-year-old resident of Asesensu in the Wassa Amenfi East District has been shot by military officers. Yaw Nkrumah was hit in the ankle on Wednesday, June 28 after some soldiers fired warning shots to disperse residents who were engaged in a confrontation with workers of a Chinese miner. The youth in the town had demanded that a Chinese miner pay a token to be used for bridge maintenance during transportation of an excavator. Workers of the Chinese miner who were angered by the request of the youth who had mounted a barricade decided to fire warning shots to disperse them. Some military officers later arrived at the scene allegedly at the request of the miners and in an attempt to fire warning shots, a bullet hit the ankle of the victim.

Source: GhanaWeb June 29, 2017 10:18 UTC