Police Officer Lynched at Gindabour
A police officer has been lynched by a mob at Gindabour in the Sawla District of the Savannah Region.
The deceased officer has been identified as General Constable Redeemer Owusu.
According to the Savannah Regional Police Command, the incident occurred on September 16, 2026, while the deceased and his colleagues were on highway patrol duties along the Gindabour to Kenkeyen community road.
Preliminary investigation indicates that a motorbike rider who was approaching the police checkpoint abruptly diverted into the bush upon seeing the police vehicle.
The patrol team became suspicious and followed up from a different direction, where they found the rider unconscious on a bush road. The officers picked him up and were conveying him to a hospital when he died en route.
News of the rider’s death angered some community members, who subsequently attacked the officers.
“The mob attacked the officers, resulting in the death of General Constable Redeemer Owusu. The other officers sustained varying degrees of injury, and the police vehicle was also damaged,” the Regional Police Command said in a press release dated September 17, 2026.
The bodies of the deceased police officer and the motorbike rider have been deposited at the Damongo Morgue for preservation and autopsy.
Following the incident, the Inspector-General of Police has deployed a team of investigators and intelligence officers to assist with the investigation and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The Command said reinforcement teams from Damongo, Bole, Sawla, Tuna, Kalba and the Regional Intelligence Team have been deployed to the area to beef up security and maintain law and order.
Meanwhile, 36 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack and are currently in police custody, assisting investigations. They will be put before court.
“The Command highly condemns the attack on its officers and will ensure the perpetrators are made to face the full rigours of the law,” the statement signed by Regional Police Commander, DCOP David Eklu, added.
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