A mentally-ill man has been shot dead after he stormed the Kwabeng Police Station with a machete in the Eastern Region.
According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the deceased besieged the police premises on Sunday, September 1st, threatening to kill officers on duty.
The two officers present fled the scene and called for reinforcement from the SWAT team at Akyem Kwabeng
DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, narrating the incident to Citi News said the mentally-ill man was shot when he attacked one of the policemen in the station threatening to slash him with the machete he was holding.
The Policeman in an attempt to defend himself then shot at the mentally-ill man who was subsequently rushed to the hospital but died while receiving treatment.
Source: Citi news
