Two dead after clash between residents, illegal miners and NAIMOS personnel at Manso Keniago
Two people died after a clash involving local residents, suspected illegal miners, and personnel from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat. The confrontation happened on Wednesday afternoon at Manso Keniago in the Ashanti Region. Residents and miners tried to stop the personnel from tracking excavators that had been seized from the area. The group blocked the road during the incident. They pelted vehicles with stones, which shattered some of the windscreens.
Two people have died following a confrontation involving residents, suspected illegal miners and personnel of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) at Manso Keniago in the Ashanti Region. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday afternoon when some residents and suspected illegal miners attempted to prevent NAIMOS personnel from tracking excavators seized from the area. Preliminary accounts indicate that the group blocked the road and pelted the personnel's vehicles with stones, shattering the windscreens of some of them.