A journalist with Accra-based TV Africa has been reportedly shot during a joint security operation on Northern Region Tamale.
The incident reportedly happened on Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Chang, a suburb of Tamale in the
The heavily armed security forces raided the community and arrested 134 residents and destroyed hundreds of properties of residents, leading to the injuring of the TV Africa’s Regional Reporter, Baba Kamil, eyewitnesses recount.
Whatsup News gathered that the journalist has been rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
Residents believe the security raid was connected to an assault of a female police officer who attempted to arrest a suspected thief.
Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Otuo Acheampong has denied the journalist was shot by his men and suspects it could be the residents instead.