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A 28 –year-old boy is battling for his life at Kenyase Number 2 hospital emergency ward in the Ahafo region after youth in the community clashed with police.
Yaw Asamoah who is 28 years old ,a native of Kenyase Number 2 was sent to the hospital after he was hit by a bullet.
He is among five persons who sustained serious injuries during the clash on Tuesday Nov.15,2022 in the Kenyase Number 2 community.
One person confirmed dead after police officers reportedly stationed at Newmont Mining Limited clashed with the youth at Kenyase Number 2 in the Ahafo Region.
The incident also left four others in critical condition but three discharged and left with Yaw Asamoah.
Sources gathered by uniquenewsgh team indicates that the personnel from the Formed Police Unit and Counter-Terrorism Unit stationed with the Newmont Company had an altercation with a motor rider gunning one person down in the ensuing struggle.
But the death sparked a revolt by the youth leading to four more people being shot. The youth after the incident stormed the mining site and destroyed many things.
The youth action affected 80 families , 85 school children , 17 teachers and other workers traumatized and 22 houses in the mining site vandalized and families displaced.
Seven vehicles belonging to the mining company and the contractors also vandalized among other things.
Information gathered revealed that, four employees were physically assaulted with one receiving 16 stitches.
Yaw Asamoah who was receiving treatment at the time of our visit narrated that he was not part of the protestors but he was shot by stray bullet.
The Medical Superintendent of the Kenyase Number 2 Hospital, Dr Philimon Mbilla said he is currently responding to treatment.
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources , Hon George Mireku Duker, appealed to the youth of Kenyase and the mining firm to bury the hatch and allow peace to prevail.
According to him, both the mining firm and the community owe each other a fiduciary duty and that it is imperative that calmness is restored for them to enjoy the full benefit of the relationship.
Addressing the community and management at separate meetings as well as visiting the victims, he urged the two groups to employ dialogue as the means of settling their differences.
“we are not here to blame anyone but rather to make sure peace and tranquility prevails in the community and the mining firm”.
By uniquenewsgh.com
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