The Ghana Armed Forces has detailed issues surrounding the January 18, 2025 shooting incident that occurred at the Anglo Gold Ashanti mines leading to the killing of seven persons.
According to a release signed by the Director General of Public Relations, Brigadier General E.
Aggrey-Quashie, on Saturday 18 January 2025 at about 2300 hours (11:00 pm), illegal miners numbering about 60 breached the Anglo Gold Ashanti mines security fence and intruded at Cote D'or Ramp.
He noted that the illegal miners aimed to enter the Deep Decline of the mines, hence retaliation by officers on the ground resulted in shooting since the illegal miners were wielding various weapons. "The military patrol deployed on Operation HALT II duties at the mentioned location were fired upon by the illegal miners when the soldiers tried to stop them from accessing the Deep Decline. "The illegal miners were wielding locally manufactured rifles, pump action guns, gas cylinders, knives, heavy-duty industrial bolt cutters, axes and machetes," he added.
