Confussion as Zongo youth storm Kumasi central mosque; burn tyres (Photos)
Some youth from Asawase Zongo have stormed the Kumasi Central Mosque in the Ashanti Region, burning tyres in apparent protest to recent shootings of seven residents by the police.
War songs are being chanted while road blocks have been mounted in front of the mosque.
They are demanding justice for the killings.
Some seven persons who were shot dead by police near Anhwiakwanta on the Kumasi-Obuasi road Tuesday are not armed robbers as alleged by the police, the Sarkin Zango palace has said.
In a statement Wednesday, the acting Chief of the Sarkin Zongo (or predominantly Hausa-speaking community) in Kumasi, Ahmed Rufai Alao, said the seven are well-known members of their community.
“It has come to the notice of the Sarkin Zongo Palace…that the seven persons shot by the police and whose bodies were displayed in the media are indigenes and sons of the Zongo community,” the statement read.
The statement added that they [Zongo authorities] are liaising with the family of the deceased to find ways to seek redress the right way.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com/ Isaac Nsiah Foster
