Ashanti Region: Kusasi Chief shot dead by unknown assailants at Asawase
Mr. Abdul-Malik Azenbe, the Kusasi Chief of the Ashanti Region and Divisional Chief of Kadi in Binduri, was shot dead by unknown assailants on Tuesday night (July 22) in a tragic and brazen attack.
According to eyewitness accounts, two unidentified men riding a motorbike arrived at the chief’s residence near the Asawase F-Line Community Centre at approximately 2040 hours.
One of the attackers, reportedly wielding an AK-47 rifle, opened fire on the chief, before they both fled the scene.
Chief Azenbe, who was enskinned as Kadi Naaba just three months ago, was initially rushed to the Manhyia Government Hospital.
He was subsequently referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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