A man who attempted burglary has been hospitalized in Bole in the Northern region after he was shot in the thigh by a gold dealer as residents intensify a crackdown by mob justice on highway armed robbers and gold raiders.
A scuffle ensued between the victim, Abdulai Mustapha and Aliu Mahamadu, a gold dealer, at about 7pm when he burgled through a window into a gold shop.