Court issues warrant for arrest of 61 suspects in KNUST violence

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The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of 61 persons suspected to be involved in last week's violence on the campus of .

This comes after two people, arrested in connection with the incident, were denied by the court.

Three are currently in .

The two suspects put before the Court include a past student of , Daniel Osei Bonsu, 25 years, who is a Mechanical Engineer and Francis Tutu Atuahene, a second-year student.

Court issues warrant for arrest of 61 suspects in KNUST violence

Head of Legal and , Ashanti Regional  Command, ACP Kofi Blagodzie, charged the suspects with conspiracy to commit a , rioting with offensive weapons, causing unlawful damage and causing unlawful harm.

Counsels for the two, William Asamoah Sarfo and Yaw Ababio, pleaded for their clients to be granted bail but they were denied.

The Court's decision to the bail was premised on rivalry among the student body, damage caused and injuries. Their safety could therefore not be guaranteed.

The Court believes the Police also acted within the confines of the law by presenting the suspects within forty-eight hours after arrest.

Eleven other suspects who are at large have been identified by their nicknames.

Together with fifty others, the Police secured a warrant for their arrest.

The two were remanded in Police custody to reappear on September 8.

Source: Nana Yaw Gyimah
Via: Joy News

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