Galamsey security guard shoots woman dead in Ashanti region 

One woman has been reported dead after a member of a local security group guarding a ‘galamsey’ site opened fire into a mining pit at Nyameadom in Ahafo Ano South West, Ashanti Region.

Six others have also sustained gunshot wounds.

Sources say the women were working in the galamsey pit when the incident occurred.

Reports indicate that the guard, in an attempt to drive the women away from the pit, tried to fire a warning shot, which unfortunately went in the wrong direction.

In response, angry locals from the town reportedly set fire to an excavator belonging to the illegal miners.

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