Sentences with phrase «mistaken for an armed robber»
Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was killed a week ago after some residents of Denkyira - Boase in the Central Region claimed they mistook him for an armed robber because he had a weapon on him.
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The deceased officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Batallion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra who was the commanding officer of troops on detachment duties in the area, was attacked and killed by a mob that mistook him for an armed robber.
«The police are currently holding five persons who are said to be connected to the circumstances leading to the lynching of Capt. Maxwell Adam Mahama, whom they claimed they mistook for an armed robber,» the Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said
Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion was lynched at Denkyira - Obuasi after the residents claim they mistook him for an armed robber.
Major Mahama was gruesomely murdered on Monday, May 29 as the residents in the Upper Denkyira West District mistook him for an armed robber.
Mistaken for an armed robber because he had a pistol on him while going on jogging, the army officer was lynched by men, women and children.
Some police officers were mistakenly killed by police fire, who mistook them for armed robbers while others were also stabbed to death in line of duty.
Major Mahama, a member of the 5th Infantry of the Ghana Armed Forces who was on official duty, was lynched at Denkyira - Obuasi in the Central Region on May 29, 2017 when some residents mistook for an armed robber.
Another Police officer, Lance Corporal Robert Kumi Ackah of the Tamale Rapid Deployment Force was shot and killed after he was mistaken for an armed robber a few weeks ago.
Capt. Mahama, who was deployed to the Denyira - Obuasi community in the Central Region region together with his colleague military officers to wage war on illegal mining, was lynched by residents of the area after they mistook him for an armed robber.
Capt. Mahama was lynched by residents of Denkyira - Obuasi on Monday after he was mistaken for an armed robber.
Major Mahama, then a captain in the military, was lynched by some residents of Denkyira - Obuasi who mistook him for an armed robber, while on a routine morning fitness run.
During the period, three police officers were mistakenly killed by police fire, who mistook them for armed robbers.
The late Major Mahama, an Officer of the 5th Infantry Battalion at Burma Camp, was on duty at Dankyira - Obuasi, when on May 29, he was lynched by some residents, who allegedly mistook him for an armed robber because he had a pistol in his back pocket.
Captain Mahama was gruesomely murdered by a mob at Denkyira - Obuasi on Monday, May 29 after he was mistaken for an armed robber, as suggested by initial reports.
Capt. Mahama was lynched and burnt at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region, after residents in the area mistook him for an armed robber.