Robbers kill Chinese undertaking 1D1F Project

A Chinese national undertaking a One -District-One -Factory Project has been killed by armed robbers at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern region.

The body of the deceased, Song Zhao Sheng, 58, has been deposited at the Suhum Government Hospital Morgue.

Starr News gathered that a gang of armed robbers attacked an apartment which housed the Chinese, numbering about seven, undertaking a One -District -One -Factory Project and robbed them at gun point.

Eyewitnesses said the deceased was hit at the back of his head with a cement block by the robbers after attempting to resist them. The deceased, who was bleeding from the nose, was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital by a police patrol team.

Efforts by the police team to comb the area in an attempt to arrest the suspects proved futile.

The police said the robbers left with seven mobile phones, 15,000 Chinese Yen, GH¢37,000 and a laptop.

The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado, confirmed the incident to Starr News, saying investigation is underway.