Nine individuals suspected to be landguards have been shot dead by the anti-landguards unit of the Ghana Police Service at Akwasa Hills in the Ga South Municipality.
One suspect who sustained gunshot wounds is receiving treatment at the hospital and two others are in police custody.
A source tells campiagneronline.com that the suspects have been harassing workers of an estate development company at Akwasa Hills.
On Thursday, June 8, 2023, the suspects attacked the workers again shooting randomly in the area.
This drew the attention of the anti-landguard unit who had laid ambush resulting in gunshots.
A source from the community who pleaded anonymity described the development as a victory for residents since the landguards have been doing this for years.
“The incident that happened is about a land at Bortianor Hills belonging to a developer. They have been working over a month now and these landguards come there frequently harassing them.But the police were called in resulting in a gunfire killing nine of them the source said.