Police launch manhunt after customs officer killed by 'unidentified men'

September 8, 2018 5:42 PM

The six unidentified men, according to a police wireless communique, attacked the customs officer Thursday evening when he was at post at Bratine in Burkina Faso.

The police have launched a manhunt for six people suspected to behind the murder of a customs officer.

Following the attack, the customs post was also robbed off a handgun, a rifle, a bulletproof vest, a pair of combat boots and a mobile phone.

Preliminary investigations by the police indicate that the six suspects are currently in Ghana, the communique noted.

“Preliminary investigations by Burkina Faso Officials indicate that six suspects alleged to have perpetrated the act crossed the Black Volta with a boat into Ghana that same night."

Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik is a writer at Pulse Ghana with special interests in Ghana politics, international relations and geopolitics.

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