4 armed robbers killed in gun battle with police on Bekwai-Fomena Highway

A video shared by Obuasi TV on Facebook on Monday, April 14, 2025, indicated that the alleged armed robbers were killed in a gun battle with the police.
The video showed the lifeless bodies of the four armed robbers at the scene of the shootout.
It also showed guns of the armed robbers, including an AK-47 and two pump-action guns, which the police had confiscated.
The taxi, which was supposedly used by the robbers for their operation, was also captured in the video.
Some men were heard in the video saying that the robbers are responsible for a recent armed robbery at a rural bank.
The men said that the armed robbers have been responsible for a lot of atrocities in the area.
One of the men identified one of the armed robbers as WK, who he said was a ringleader who had killed a lot of people.
“This is the taxi they have been using,” one of the men is heard saying in the Twi dialect.