A special anti-robbery squad assisted by the Upper East Regional Police Command, through an intelligence-led operation at Kpatia in the Talensi District, has gunned down one Laayaame Simon alias Yendu, 34, who is suspected to be one of the three armed robbers who murdered two police officers at Zuarungu in the Upper East Region, the Ghana Police Service has announced.

The police said a special targeted intelligence-led operation is being carried out to get the rest of the suspects arrested.

The murdered policemen, Constable Emmanuel Akowuah and Constable Mohammed Sule, were shot and killed by the suspected robbers while on night patrol duties on Wednesday, 15 December.

The suspects shot Sule in the head and caused Akowuah to suffer burns by shooting the fuel tank of his motorbike, which caused an explosion that engulfed the late officer.

The IGP said the police will smoke out the suspects, dead or alive.