The Bono Regional Police Command has launched an extensive investigation into the brutal shooting of a 16-year-old boy, Issahaku Ansu, at an illegal mining site in Amasu, a farming community in the Dormaa East District.
A statement issued by the Bono Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chief Inspector Thomas Akeelah, narrated that the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday, August 31, 2025, when the victim was gunned down by an unknown assailant while engaged in galamsey activities.
“Investigations suggest that the victim was shot from a nearby bush while engaged in illegal mining activities, causing others at the site to flee,” excerpts of the statement said.
According to the statement, police officers who arrived at the scene found the teenager’s body with multiple gunshot wounds to the back and blood oozing from his nostrils.
The victim was wearing a wine-coloured pair of boxer shorts soaked in blood, which has been retained as evidence.
His body has since been deposited at the Dormaa Ahenkro Presbyterian Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
Meanwhile, the police have assured residents of Amasu and its neighbouring communities that efforts are underway to arrest those behind what they described as a “heinous crime”.
