Traditional leaders at
Alavanyo in Hohoe Municipality are said to have invoked the wrath of the gods on the
unknown assailants who opened fire on a military man who was on peace keeping
in the area on Thursday afternoon.
The assailants were
said to have escaped into a nearby bush after they shot Lance Coporal William
Bedford who have gone to the bush to urinate.
According to the
chiefs the rituals which was performed at the scene of the attack, will compel
the assailants to own up or the wrath of the gods will be visited on them and their
families.
Lance Coporal Bedford
is part of a team of security personnel deployed in the area to maintain peace
following sporadic communal clashes between the people of Alavanyo and Nkonya.
Though, the motive behind
the attack is not yet known, Police sources said the incident has no link with
the age old communal conflict but believe it may be a case of settling
"personal scores".
The victim, who is said
to be in critical condition, was first rushed to the Margaret Marquart hospital
in Kpando, before being transferred to the Regional Hospital in Ho.
The Volta regional
minister and chairman of RESEC, Helen Ntoso who heard of the incident, rushed
to the emergency ward of hospital on her way from a function in Akatsi to see
the Lance Coporal, who was later transferred to the 37 Military hospital in
Accra Thursday evening.
The Police has
commenced investigations into the incident, which is said to be the first of
its kind to occur in the area.
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