{"id":11521,"date":"2025-07-06T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11521"},"modified":"2025-07-06T14:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:59:58","slug":"armed-robbers-shoot-4-passengers-on-winneba-highway-one-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=11521","title":{"rendered":"Armed robbers shoot 4 passengers on Winneba Highway, one arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after suspected armed robbers opened fire on a commercial vehicle at Buduatta Junction along the Kasoa-Winneba Highway. One of the assailants has been arrested by the police.<\/p>\n

The attack occurred at dawn around 1:00am when the robbers blocked the highway and began robbing commuters at gunpoint.<\/p>\n

A Toyota Hiace minibus, which was carrying passengers, came under fire when the driver attempted to stop.<\/p>\n

Four passengers sustained gunshot wounds during the incident.<\/p>\n

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Police say this is part of a pattern of armed robberies in the Gomoa East District, particularly between May and June this year, with victims previously attacked around Potsin Junction and Okyereko Junction.<\/p>\n

Due to increased police checkpoints in those areas, the robbers are suspected to have relocated their operations to Buduatta Junction.<\/p>\n

According to the Central East Regional Police Command, officers from the Formed Police Unit (FPU) and the Kasoa Divisional SWAT team responded swiftly to the scene.<\/p>\n

The wounded passengers were rushed to the hospital, and the affected vehicle was escorted to the Dominase District Police Command.<\/p>\n

While returning from the operation, officers encountered two suspicious individuals near the Onion Market around 2:30 a.m. One fled into the bush, but the other was arrested.<\/p>\n

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Upon search, three mobile phones belonging to the passengers were found on him, and he was positively identified by both the driver and some of the passengers.<\/p>\n

The arrested suspect has since been transferred to the Central East Regional Police Command for further interrogation, while all four victims remain hospitalised.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, officers at the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command have raised concerns about inadequate resources.<\/p>\n

They say the station lacks vehicles and sufficient personnel to effectively combat the increasing robberies in the area.<\/p>\n

They are appealing to the government and the Inspector General of Police to urgently address these challenges to help safeguard lives and property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after suspected armed robbers opened fire on a commercial vehicle at Buduatta Junction along the Kasoa-Winneba Highway. One of the assailants has been arrested by the police. The attack occurred at dawn around 1:00am when the robbers blocked the highway and began […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[3659],"class_list":["post-11521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-kasoa-winneba-highway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}