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Two teens are said to have fallen into a galamsey pit in Anwiafutu near Nyinahin in the Atwiman Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, leaving one person dead and the other missing.
Kwabena Anane, a 17-year-old, was found dead, and Ata Derrick, an 18-year-old, is still missing in the pit.
Residents said that the youngsters were chasing after several security personnel they believed to be forest guards while they dug for gold in an abandoned hole when they fell into the river.
The sad incident according to residents occurred on Monday January 30,2023.
One of the community members who witnessed the incident narrated the story to OTEC News.
“They were five boys who went to the area in search of gold in some abandoned pits in the forest, we were told that, some forest guards chased them out of the forest forcing two of the boys to fell into the pits”.
“Although the boys had the skill to swim out of the pits, the forest guards allegedly pelted the boys with stones forcing the two to drown; now we have retrieved the lifeless body of only one of the two who fell into the pit”.
“The body we retrieved had serious cuts confirming claims that the forest guards attack the boys with stones while trying to get out of the pit”.
Meanwhile residents in the community have vowed to deal drastically with any forest guard who will come to the area if nothing is done about the situation.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com/Jacob Agyenim Boateng
