WOMAN, 50, KILLED BY ARMED ROBBERS (Thursday August 14, 2008 PAGE 28)

A woman in her early fifties was killed while two others sustained serious wounds when suspected armed robbers attacked a passenger vehicle at Kulungugu, near the Ghana-Burkina Faso border.
Police identified the deceased as Hajia Hasatu Dawuda, a trader, was on the vehicle with other traders from Bittou, in neighbouring Burkina Faso, when they were ambushed by the robbers at about 5:30 pm.
Giving details of the case, a police source said while the traders were returning from Bittou, a market centre in Burkina Faso, the attackers emerged from the bush on a motor bike and attacked them a few metres from the Kulungugu Bailey Bridge.
According to the source, the suspected robbers were wielding guns and machetes, and took an unspecified amount of monies from the passengers.
The source said some of the passengers who mustered courage managed to run away to safety.
However, the deceased was unable to escape so the robbers slashed her with a machete to death and injured two others.
The source said the police were called in and after identification, released the body to the family for burial, while further investigations continued.