Police shot two people and brutalised another in Sefwi Bekwai, Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality, Western North Region.
On Easter Monday, a group of young people besieged the Bekwai police station, demanding the release of 20-year-old Kwabena Gyapong, a pragyia rider who was allegedly brutalised by the Bekwai Police Patrol team and later imprisoned.
According to reports, the pragyia rider was riding his tricycle towards Sefwi Sorano off the Sefwi Dwinase road when police ordered him to stop.
His attempt to obstruct the police operation sparked a heated argument between them, resulting in Kwabena Gyapong giving one of the cops a headbutt, prompting his arrest.
However, when the news reached the youth, particularly the Pragyia riders, they rushed to the Bekwai police station to attack the officers in order to free the injured victim, Kwabena Gyapong.
According to Citi News, the pelting of stones at the police compelled them to fire guns at the enraged youth.
Two people, a male and a female, were injured in the process and have been admitted to the Green Shield Hospital in Sefwi Bekwai for treatment.
One of the victims, Kwabena Atta Gyebi, described his ordeal as “the Police Commander instructed them to do this to us.” The bullets were not rubber, but rather live. The first bullet struck my leg, but he didn’t stop there; he went on to shoot at my hand.”
Nana Gyebi, the father of two of the victims, expressed disappointment in the police and asked authorities to hold them accountable.
Meanwhile, the Sefwi Bekwai police command, while refusing to comment on the record, has denied the allegation of shooting incidents.
