THE Police at Buipe in the Central Gonja District in the Northern Region have mounted a thorough search for 10 suspected armed robbers who allegedly ambushed three vehicles on the Tamale-Buipe highway early yesterday and robbed the passengers after shooting and wounding six of them.
The robbers took away various sums of money from passengers and bolted with the booty.
The Buipe District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Filbert Zubaviel, who confirmed the story, told the Daily Graphic that the victims were currently receiving treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
According to the Commander, the patrol team had just entered Buipe at the time of the robbery when they heard a loud sound like the blast of a vehicle tyre.
He explained that the team decided to check on it and before they could get to the scene, the robbers, sensing danger, fled into a nearby bush.
ASP Zubaviel said the robbers stopped and robbed passengers on board a KIA cargo truck, and two other commercial vehicles, including a bus.
The robbers, the commander noted, fired shots to deflate the tyres of the KIA truck before robbing its passengers.
They also fired into a commercial bus, injuring six passengers on board before robbing them of their monies.
ASP Zubaviel said the victims were first rushed to the Buipe Clinic but there were no medical personnel to attend to them and so the police quickly organised for them to be transferred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
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