The Police Administration says it has interdicted three senior police officers over the shooting incident at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi on Monday June 13, 2022.
According to the Police, the Deputy Regional Commander who was acting as Regional Commader in the Ashanti Region was slapped with double sanctions of removal and interdiction
The two others are Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) George Ankomah, Regional Operations Commander and ACP Alex Cudjoe Acquah, Suame Divisional Police Commander were also interdicted to make way for thorough investigations into the incident.
This follows the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr George Akuffo Dampre visit to the scene for first hand information and ensure calm is restored in the school.
Per a statement issued by the Police after the IGP’s visit said “It was further established that even though nobody was hit by a bullet the Police handling of the incident was poor and fell short of our standard operating procedure on crowd control.”
Over thirty students of the Islamic Senior High School were rushed to the hospital after the police allegedly fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse students who were demonstrating over incessant vehicular knockdowns.
Some worried parents stormed the school to demand for the release of their wards on Monday June 13.
The affected students were conveyed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and other hospitals in Kumasi for medical treatment with some discharged including police officers who injured as a result of the incident.
“I should be worried but some of them have been resituated. We will follow up to the hospital and see how they are doing,” Madam Mary Owusu Afriyie, the Regional Education Director told journalists.
By Vincent Kubi