A tragic video that have surfaced online shows the moment a police officer shot and unalived an illegal miner during a confrontation at a galamsey site.
The now-viral footage, which has attracted mixed reactions online captures a tense standoff between a group of illegal miners (galamseyers) and police officers who had stormed the site to halt ongoing illegal mining activities.
According to accounts accompanying the video, the situation escalated when the miners resisted the officers’ attempt to shut down the operation.
The confrontation turned violent as some of the miners attacked the police officers.
During the chaos, one of the illegal miners attempted to forcefully seize a police officer’s weapon while trying to flee.
In response, the police officers discharged their firearms to repel the attack.
Amid the gunfire, one of the illegal miners was shot and lost his life, leading to panic at the site.
