Four armed herdsmen have allegedly attacked a 46-year-old man who works as a security man at a poultry farm at Gomoa Adzentem in the Central Region and raped his 16-year-old daughter.
During the attack, the 16-year-old girl was shot in the hand, after which she was dragged into the bush and raped in turns by the four men.
Confirming this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Saturday, Inspector Evans Ettie, Deputy Central Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), said the incident happened about 2150hrs on Wednesday, August 25.
He said the girl was rushed to the Gomoa Potsin polyclinic, together with her father who was assaulted, for treatment.
According to Insp. Ettie, the police proceeded to the crime scene, conducted a thorough search and found three empty BB cartridges.
The Police is searching for the suspects who were on the run, while the victims were responding to treatment.
Investigations were still ongoing, Inspector Ettie added.
14 herdsmen defile 13-year-old girl
Meanwhile, the Formed Police Unit (FPU) together with personnel from the Central East Regional Police Command have arrested 14 herdsmen over an alleged defilement of a 13-year-old girl at Gomoa Adzintem in the Central Region.
A statement signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwesi Ofori, Acting Director-General, Public Affairs and copied the Ghana News Agency said the special operations led to the retrieval of two single barrel, two pump action guns and 49 AA ammunitions.
It assured the people of Gomoa Adzintem that an identification parade would be conducted in the community to identify the real suspects in that dastardly act on a teenager to face justice.
