Two armed robbery suspects have reportedly lost their lives in a shootout with personnel of the at Atebubu, the capital town of the Atebubu-Amantin District in the Bono East Region.
The police, in a series of posts shared on the evening of Friday, August 1, 2025, indicated that its officers on patrol in an anti-robbery operation along the Atebubu highway chanced upon the suspects attacking some commuters on July 30, 2025.
It said that the robbers opened fire on the police team as they were drawing closer to the incident.
It added that the team returned fire, which hit the two suspects, who were pronounced dead on arrival after being rushed to the hospital. "Preliminary investigations indicate that on 30th July 2025, a team of police officers on patrol duty came across a robbery attack on some commuters along the Atebubu highway. "Upon sighting the police team, the suspects started firing towards the police.
