Report reaching energynewsafrica.com indicates that some suspected armed robbers have attacked the newly commissioned IBM Fuel Station at Wassa Dunkwa near Asankragwa in the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana.
The robbers reportedly fractured the neck of the security man on duty at the station before tying him to death.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday dawn.
According to a resident of the area, who spoke on a local radio station in Accra, Adom FM, the robbers, after tying the security man, proceeded to the residence of the proprietor of the station, which is close to the station, where they beat him up and robbed him of some unspecified amount of money.
“They beat the station manager and robbed him of some unspecified amount of money,” the eyewitness said.
According to the eyewitness, the robbers also inflicted machete wounds on the proprietor, as well as the security man.
He said the police in the area had visited the crime scene and conveyed the dead body of the security man to a health facility for autopsy.
The proprietor of IBM Filling Station is currently receiving treatment at the Asankragwa Hospital.
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com