A 52-year-old Chinese national has been shot dead at Manso Watereso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region.
The victim, Yao Xian, was shot by unknown persons while riding a motorbike on the night of August 30, 2024.
According to a police report, the assailants did not take any valuables from the victim after the shooting.
“A Chinese national clad in a club t-shirt over black trousers was found in a nearby bush on the Watreso motor road with a deep hole alleged to have been sustained from a gunshot in the chest.
“The Chinese national was identified by his colleagues as Yao Xian aged 52. Spot enquiries had it that the victim was riding a motorbike at Manso Watreso and was shot in the chest,” the police report said.
Meanwhile, the report said three suspects have since been arrested in connection with the shooting.
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The suspects are believed to be miners who worked for the victim.
They are Kwadwo Mensah, 32 years old; Robert Agyei, 29 years old; and Abdullah Mohammed, 45 years old.
According to the police, after a search of the suspects’ respective residents, they retrieved a pump action gun with seven rounds of live AA ammunition from Robert Agyei.
He told the police that the gun had not been fired before, but inspection and examination revealed that the gun had been fired.