The Assin Fosu District Police Commander Supt Magnus Sam said that the two were beaten in a free-for-all fight with residents.

They are said to be part of six officers who stormed the community to retaliate the death of a civilian friend.

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They ended up beating the wrong person and this angered the residents who began a street fight with the officers.

Four of the officers managed to escape while two of them endured a severe beating at the hands of the residents.

They later rushed to a nearby police station for protection.

They have since been hospitalised at St. Francis Hospital in Assin-Fosu after sustaining injuries.

The six officers were identified as A.I.C.O II Egah Gyemfi, Okoto Larry, Lesly Takie, Benjamin Nkansah, Richard Mensah and Gabriel Adomah.

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The assault comes two days after the sad news of the murder of a soldier, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, sending shock waves across the country.

Adam Mahama was the victim of mob justice by a group of residents in a town in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region.

He was killed by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber while he was jogging.

Four prime suspects arrested in connection with the incident have been sent to the Central Regional Police Headquarters in Cape Coast.