Walewale Robbery: Number Of Victims Rises To 5

The number of victims of last night’s robbery attack in Walewale has climbed to five.

According to hospital authorities, four more people, including a woman and her five year child, were rushed to the facility with various degrees of gunshot wounds.

They have all been transferred to Tamale Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

A mobile money operator was shot on Monday night at Walewale in the North East Region.

The victim, identified as Rabiu, was rushed to the Walewale Government hospital.

Eyewitnesses say the attack occurred at a busy bus station near the Nalerigu junction along the Tamale Bolga road.

The eyewitnesses further confirmed the gunmen numbered about three arrived on motorbikes and fired sporadic warning shots before targeting the young operator with gunshots.

Source: Adomonline