The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, said the 12 suspects who are on the run carried guns and fired at the soldier while the mob pursued him.
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The Director General of the CID, DCOP Bright Oduro also added that some were seen in the video evidence rushing to buy petrol and later setting the body of the soldier on fire.
DCOP Oduro explained that apart from the fractures on the head of Major Mahama, there were bullet wounds on his body, giving a clear indication that the suspects fired shots at the deceased before setting his body ablaze.
Their names were given as Yaw Amankwa, alias Bulla; Akwesi Asante; Nana Kwadjo, alias Nana Edjo; John Boakye, Unit Committee Member, and a trader whose name was given only as Sarah, married to Kwaku Brefo, a motorbike rider in the town.
The others, according to the State-owned Daily Graphic, are Kwaku Diesel, Kaya Rasta and the rest whose names were given only as Daddy, Boadu, Ahinkra, Tikwa and Attipar.
The police has so far arrested Fifty-two suspects. They have currently been remanded for their alleged roles in lynching the soldier.
The police has entreated the 12 suspects to turn themselves in at the CID Headquarters or the nearest police station.