Thursday, 25 April

Police restores calm at Bator, arrests 15 suspects over chieftaincy violence

Crime
The suspects

The police has restored law, order and security at Bator in the Volta Region and arrested 15 suspects so far, in connection with a violent chieftaincy dispute which resulted in the death of five people and caused injury to others.

The injured victims are responding to treatment while the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Bator Government Hospital morgue for autopsy and preservation.

The police has so far retrieved two locally manufactured single-barrelled guns, one locally manufactured pistol and one live BB cartridge from the suspects. 

Security has since been beefed up within the Bator township and surrounding communities while the 15 suspects are in the custody of the police and assisting with the investigation.

Source: Classfmonline.com