Two dead after clash between residents, illegal miners and NAIMOS personnel at Manso Keniago

Source: MyJoyOnline · 2026-11-11T16:29:37.000Z · World

Two people have died following a confrontation involving residents, suspected illegal miners and personnel of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) at Manso Keniago in the Ashanti Region. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday afternoon when some residents and suspected illegal miners attempted to prevent NAIMOS personnel from tracking excavators seized from the area. Preliminary accounts indicate that the group blocked the road and pelted the personnel's vehicles with stones, shattering the windscreens of some of them.

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