Driver runs over suspected armed robber

A sprinter bus driver has run over one of five suspected armed robbers who tried attacking and robbing some market women on the outskirt of Ahyiaem town of Nkoranza jurisdiction on the Ejura- Nkoranza stretches of the Bono East Region.

Information gathered revealed that the bus with traders on board was returning from Yeji and heading towards Sunyani when it was attacked.

In a victims’ account, five armed Fulani men shot into the said vehicle and caused damage to the fan blade.

A policeman, who was providing escort, returned fire and the driver knocked down and run over one of the robbers, killing him instantly.

Police proceeded to the scene and found an unidentified, mutilated Fulani male adult believed to be in his late 20s lying dead in the middle of the road.

He was wearing a black jacket over a pink African wear and a black Addidas pair of trousers.

The body of the deceased has been deposited at the St.Theresa’s Hospital Morgue, awaiting identification and postmortem while police have mounted a hunt for the other four suspects said to be on the run.