ILLEGAL CHINESE MINER KILLED

A group of angry youngsters have beaten to death a Chinese national at Bosome Freko District in the Ashanti region, prompting a swift police presence to restore order and arrest the attackers.

The deceased, said to be about age 40, is knows by name Li Dao Peng, and was reported to be the owner and operator of an illegal gold mind in the area, precisely at a town called Nsuaem Number 2.

Last Wednesday, a group of teenage boys gallivanted into his mining area and one of them, aged 14, fell into one of the uncovered mining pits, got trapped in it and died.

The death of the 14-yead old lad caused some anger among the youth of the area and they marched to the home of the owner of the uncovered pit, Li Dao Peng, where they physically assaulted him.

Two other persons who were with Li Dao Peng during the attack were not spared but he suffered a chunk of the free-for-all beatings.

Police rushed to the scene to disperse the attackers and arrest the leaders. Li Dao Peng, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital but his condition was a severe one so he was transferred to a more advanced facility but he gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.

The other attackers as well as several other young men in the area have since fled and not returned home for fear of arrest.

Before the Wednesday incident, there have been general complaints about the fact that the mine was being operated illegally and the open pits were potential death traps.

According to Dailymailgh.com, the Assemblyman for Nsuaem, Daniel Acheamfour, said it was four persons that got arrested and are currently under lock and key.

“The deceased was attacked three days ago. We were told he was unwell and so we suspected a case of Covid-19 and so he was transferred to Atasamanso for his samples to be tested but it turned negative; but unfortunately he died, police are yet to ascertain what really caused the attack but it may be linked to the accident that involved the 14-year-old”, the Assemblyman was quoted by the site.

“He was attacked in the house and not at the site because some mobile devices and some unspecified amounts of money have been stolen,” he further added.