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Three men have been arrested by police in Kumasi for their various
roles in a robbery and rape incident at St Dominic Senior High School.
On May 21, the three, Kwadwo Dwamena, a trader, Osei Kwabena and
Dominic Frimpong both drivers stormed the dormitory of the school at
Wadie Adwumakaase in the Ashanti Region while the students were
sleeping, and committed the crime.
Police say they terrorised the students, with a locally manufactured
pistol, subjected them to beatings and robbed themof their mobile
phones.
Deputy Regional Police Commander, ACP Ampofo Duku, told the media
Kwadwo Dwamena was the one who raped one of the students.
"Osei Kwabena and one other at large besieged the dormitory and
ordered the students at gunpoint and robbed them of their mobile
phones cash and provisions amid threats and beatings", ACP Duku said.
He said in the course of the act, Kwadwo Dwamena dragged one of the
female students outside and raped her on a heap of sand.
He revealed that a distress call by one of the students brought the
police to the scene leading to the arrest of Kwadwo.
Police have also arrested a formermember of the Community Police Unit
with a sub-machine gun.
ACP Ampofo Duku says Kwabena Kwarteng also known as Mataata was
accosted at Tafo by the police patrol team.
A search conducted on him revealed the sophisticated gun.
Credit: Myjoyonline.com
