Riot has broken out in Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western region after a Chinese allegedly shot and killed a resident in the area. The Chinese is said to have accidentally shot at the Ghanaian at a casino.

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A local journalist in the area told Accra-based Citi FM that the presence of a joint police and military team could not prevent the youth from burning assets of the foreigner alleged to have killed the Ghanaian.

“I saw the army and policemen, they are around here. But they could not stop what the youth in the town are doing now. They [the youth] are burning the houses around and their cars… the fire service came here but they didn’t get the chance to even quench the fire.”

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