Ghana news briefing
Mortal remains of Ghanaian national killed in South Africa repatriated home
Synthesised from 2 Ghanaian sources
On July 1, the Government of Ghana condemned the killing in the strongest terms after Mr Isak was fatally shot during anti-immigrant demonstrations linked to renewed xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
The killing occurred amid renewed anti-immigrant violence in parts of South Africa, which prompted the Government of Ghana to undertake a large-scale evacuation of its nationals from the country.
It disclosed that Government and the family of the deceased had agreed to conduct an independent autopsy after efforts by Ghana’s High Commission in Pretoria and the family to obtain the official autopsy report from the South African authorities proved unsuccessful.
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