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Police launch manhunt for key suspect in Major Mahama's murder

Yaw Amankwa, alias Bulla, is said to have used a double-barrelled gun he was wielding, while other residents rushed to buy petrol and set the body of the deceased ablaze.
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Police have launched a manhunt for the key suspect said to have fired at Major Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira Obuasi on Monday May 29, 2017 before other residents attacked and killed him with cement blocks and clubs.

Police say that he allegedly did that with the support of 11 other key suspects, who are all currently on the run.

READ ALSO: 12 more wanted over Major Mahama’s murder

The suspects are 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 are Kwaku Diesel, Kaya Rasta and the rest whose names were given only as Daddy, Boadu, Ahinkra, Tikwa and Attipar.

Meanwhile, a postmortem report of the Ghana Police service has indicated that the suspects involved in the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama shot him severally before setting his body on fire.

A number of bullets were removed from his body, the police report indicated.

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