Angry youth vandalise police station at Tumu

Reports reaching Radio Ghana indicate that the Police Station at Tumu in the Upper West Region has been vandalized by some angry youth. 

The angry youth stormed the Tumu police station, lock up police officers and attempted to burn the station, local reporters say.

The youth were protesting the death of a man who drowned in a dam after being chased by the police.

The deceased, Kanwei Hanidu, 21, was one of several others escaping arrest yesterday after the police mounted a swoop on suspected 'wee' smokers.

The suspects run into the Tumu dam but Hanidu failed to make it. His body was retrieved Friday morning and the youth are accusing the police of highhandedness leading to the death of the young man.

In anger, they marched to the Tumu police station, vandalized equipment, including two police vehicles, Joy News has learnt.

An eyewitness Braimah Mahmud reports that the police on seeing the wrath of the youth run indoors and opened fire.

As a result, two people were hit one seriously. The two have been rushed to the Tumu Hospital.

David Luri of Radford FM, a local radio station said the second victim has also died, compounding the tension in the town.

The other who was hit in the eye by a stray bullet is on admission at the Tumu government hospital.

Traditional authorities have used the local station to appeal for calm. 

Meanwhile, the police will not comment on the matter, at least for now.

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