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Obuasi fatal gang attack: Ashanti South Police arrest murder suspect
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of murdering another man during a violent gang-related attack at Abompe New Site in Obuasi.
Addressing a press briefing at Asante Bekwai on Wednesday, the Ashanti South Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Joseph Hammond Nyaaba, said Masawudu had been on the Obuasi Police Command’s wanted list in connection with the murder of Abdul Jabal Suleman, which occurred in the early hours of July 9, 2026.
Acting on credible intelligence that the prime suspect had fled to Soe in the Bongo District, the police mounted a targeted operation on Saturday, July 11, 2026, leading to his arrest.
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