A member of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has been injured in an exchange of gunfire with illegal miners during an operation in the Bono Region on Tuesday.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources said the incident occurred in a bush along the Subinkurom-Kyeremasu stretch in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region.
The Ministry said the “armed thugs, who were hiding in the bushes, opened fire on sighting the NAIMOS task force.”
“This led to an exchange of gunfire, during which one NAIMOS personnel sustained a gunshot injury,” it added.
The injured officer was taken to the St. Matthew Catholic Hospital at Ampenkuro, where he is currently responding to treatment.
It has been explained that one of the assailants who opened fire on the NAIMOS task force was shot dead during the exchanges.
The deceased, identified as Abuu Ibrahim, was pronounced dead on arrival at the St. Matthew Catholic Hospital.
