Four persons, one of them a police inspector, were killed last Monday by assailants under bizarre circumstances in different parts of the Brong Ahafo Region.
News of the incidents dampened the spirit of residents of the region and sent waves of panic during the Yuletide, as they did not know what was going to happen next.
One person who survived the ghastly attacks is currently in a critical condition.
At Badu in the Tain District, DAILY GUIDE gathered that the Station Officer of the local police station, Inspector Awusi Yakubu, 59, was attacked and killed by a man at the Charge Office at about 2:00pm on Monday.
According to the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Christopher Tawiah, the assailant (now deceased) went to the Badu Police Station with the intention of making a report, during which he had on him a machete and a crowbar.
He said while the station officer was busily taking his statement, the assailant attacked and butchered the cop to death.
A police constable who was returning from guard duty witnessed the incident, and in reaction, shot the assailant to death.
Both bodies had been deposited at the Wenchi Methodist Hospital pending autopsy.
The Acting Brong Ahafo Regional Police Commander, ACP Patrick Adusei Sarpong and his team visited the scene at Badu on Tuesday and consoled the family of the deceased police officer.
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