Nine casualties recorded during funeral:

-A total of nine persons were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Kumasi Polyclinic from the Manhyia palace grounds during the period of the burial rites of the late Otumfuo Opoku Ware the second, Asantehene. Five out of the number were taken to the medical unit suffering from various ailments, for immediate attention. The remaining four were, however, rushed to the casualty ward of the KATH. . Mrs Cecilia Jackson and Mrs Beatrice Botchway, both Principal Nursing Officers at the Kumasi Polyclinic, confirmed the casualties figures on Thursday . The figure caters for the four-day period of the burial rites of the Asantehene. Mrs Jackson said eight of the victims have been treated and discharged. The ninth, one 38-year-old Kojo Manu from Sampa whose two fingers were chopped off while firing a musketry at the funeral grounds, is still on admission. Mrs Botchway attributed the low casualty figures recorded at the polyclinic to the fact that treatment points at the funeral grounds catered for most medical complaints.

-A total of nine persons were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and Kumasi Polyclinic from the Manhyia palace grounds during the period of the burial rites of the late Otumfuo Opoku Ware the second, Asantehene. Five out of the number were taken to the medical unit suffering from various ailments, for immediate attention. The remaining four were, however, rushed to the casualty ward of the KATH. . Mrs Cecilia Jackson and Mrs Beatrice Botchway, both Principal Nursing Officers at the Kumasi Polyclinic, confirmed the casualties figures on Thursday . The figure caters for the four-day period of the burial rites of the Asantehene. Mrs Jackson said eight of the victims have been treated and discharged. The ninth, one 38-year-old Kojo Manu from Sampa whose two fingers were chopped off while firing a musketry at the funeral grounds, is still on admission. Mrs Botchway attributed the low casualty figures recorded at the polyclinic to the fact that treatment points at the funeral grounds catered for most medical complaints.