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Kwahu: Chinese man arrested after he was nearly lynched for allegedly shooting 8-year-old boy 

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Tensions are rising among residents of Kwahu Apradang in the Eastern region following the alleged shooting of an eight-year-old boy by a Chinese man.

The incident is said to have happened on Wednesday while the victim, Kwasi Mireku, was playing with his friends.

The suspect’s name has only been given as ‘Soldier.’

Sarah Pedikan, the victim’s mother, told Adom News that she was working in her backyard when she heard the gunshot and asked the children to leave the area.

Soon after, some of Kwasi’s friends rushed to inform him that he had been shot.

“I asked my son what happened and he told me he was going to pick water from the room but when I confronted the Chinese, he said my son was rather going to his room,” she narrated.

Irate residents, on the other hand, believe he did it on purpose, adding that this is not the first time Chinese nationals in the area have attacked locals.

The Nkwakaw Divisional Police Command intervened in time to save the suspect from being lynched as residents besieged his house and threatened to set it on fire.

They have, however, threatened retaliatory attacks if such an incident occurs again.

ACP Kofi Adu, Divisional Commander, has urged residents to remain calm as investigations into the incident began.

Kwasi, who is also in critical condition, is being treated at the Nkawkaw Government Hospital.

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