The incident occurred precisely at Chintilung, a farming community near Bunkpurugu in the Bunkprugu District.
Confirming the incident, the police administration in the Bunkprugu District said the victim was on board one of the two buses bound for Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region when their vehicle was attacked.
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The armed robbers started firing into the bus and the policeman was hit in the ankle.They were reported to have robbed occupants of the Tamale bus and took an unspecified amount of them after which they bolted.