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An authority of Golden Star Wassa Mine at Benso in the Western Region, Gerald Osei Boakye says upwards of 12 vehicles, including a ambulance, were burnt on Thursday when furious illegal miners overwhelm the company.
One person was accounted for dead while four others supported wounds. The vehicles are light obligation get vehicles which were undeniably scorched, as per Boakye, Head of Group Corporate Affairs, Golden Star, Benso who talked on Asempa FM's Ekosii Sen programme on Friday.
The illegal miners were said to have attacked a concession of Golden Star, apparently to truck away dug residue to prospect for gold, an endeavor which was opposed by a group of safety men of the mining firm and the police.
Some of the illegal miners were said to have supported wounds in the resulting a conflict. They along these lines left and revamped themselves 'to fight back.'
It was during their return at night of Thursday that they put a match to the vehicles and obliterated further property whose cost is said to run into a huge number of cedis.
The overpowered laborers of the mining company needed to run for dear life, pursued by the rampaging illegal miners who were seen outfitted with cleavers and different carries out in recordings caught on the incident.
As per Gerald Boakye, the illegal miners were likewise furnished with weapons, and albeit various them have been captured, he couldn't quickly tell their number.
He implied of a gathering with the police to survey what is happening.
Gerald Boakye asked why anybody would consider annihilating organization property, when a similar organization is utilizing young people of the community. He explained that the harmed property is cost both to the company and country, with the last option possessing 10% offers.