ONE of the policemen who got injured during an attack on them while on duty on the Nakpanduri Scarp in the Northern Region last Sunday has died of his wounds.
Constable Owusu Frimpong died early yesterday morning at the Nalerigu Hospital, where he was admitted following the injuries he sustained from the attack.
His death brings to two, the number of policemen who have lost their lives following Sunday’s attack by the gunmen believed to be under the command of Johnson Soloma Kombian, who has been described by the police as a notorious jail breaker.
Kombian is also suspected to be recruiting young men to be carrying out a series of criminal activities along the scarp.
Constable Prince Agyare died earlier during the attack and his body has been deposited at the morgue of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, leaving Lance Corporal Osei Bonsu, who was airlifted to Accra for further medical treatment, as the lone survivor.
They were attacked while on patrol duties in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Northern Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, confirmed the latest death to the Daily Graphic in Tamale yesterday.
Meanwhile, four persons have been arrested in connection with the attack on the three policemen.
The suspects are Talata Sonika, Yenuduki Kombian, Bitian Kombian and Fintima Kunchan and are currently in police custody in Tamale to be arraigned.
The police administration has mounted a search for Johnson Soloma Kombian and offered a prize of GH¢3,000 to anyone who would provide information that would lead to his arrest.
A high-powered delegation from the police headquarters in Accra is expected to visit the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District to assess the situation on the ground.
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