Armed robbers numbering four in the early hours of Monday attacked and killed the Managing Director of BRM Wood Processing Company, Mr Roberto Massimo at his North Ola residence, a suburb of Cape Coast.
Briefing newsmen at Cape Coast, Mr Patrick Ampawuah, Deputy Regional Police Commander, said at about 0130 hours four armed robbers jumped over the wall of the deceased's house and tied the hands of the watchman, Shaibu Mohammed.
They then used concrete blocks to force open the main door to the house. Mr Ampawuah said they went to the door of one of the rooms which was occupied by a visitor who had come to place order for some processed wood and started banging at it.
The man refused to open so they shot through the door, forcing him to open it. He said they collected four million cedis, a mobile phone and a wristwatch from him after which they moved to the apartment of Mr Massimo.
Mr Massimo had then moved to the bathroom when he heard the robbers attacking his visitor. They entered the bathroom and shot him twice in the upper shoulder. Mr Ampawuah said they ransacked the room, took a bag containing an unspecified amount of money which was to be used in paying some chiefs the following day, a television set, a video deck and other valuable items, packed them into his car and drove off.
He said when the Police were informed they went to the scene and took Mr Massimo to the Central Regional Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Mr Ampawuah said no arrest had been made yet and called on the public to come out with any information that would lead to the arrest of the armed robbers.
Armed robbers numbering four in the early hours of Monday attacked and killed the Managing Director of BRM Wood Processing Company, Mr Roberto Massimo at his North Ola residence, a suburb of Cape Coast.
Briefing newsmen at Cape Coast, Mr Patrick Ampawuah, Deputy Regional Police Commander, said at about 0130 hours four armed robbers jumped over the wall of the deceased's house and tied the hands of the watchman, Shaibu Mohammed.
They then used concrete blocks to force open the main door to the house. Mr Ampawuah said they went to the door of one of the rooms which was occupied by a visitor who had come to place order for some processed wood and started banging at it.
The man refused to open so they shot through the door, forcing him to open it. He said they collected four million cedis, a mobile phone and a wristwatch from him after which they moved to the apartment of Mr Massimo.
Mr Massimo had then moved to the bathroom when he heard the robbers attacking his visitor. They entered the bathroom and shot him twice in the upper shoulder. Mr Ampawuah said they ransacked the room, took a bag containing an unspecified amount of money which was to be used in paying some chiefs the following day, a television set, a video deck and other valuable items, packed them into his car and drove off.
He said when the Police were informed they went to the scene and took Mr Massimo to the Central Regional Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Mr Ampawuah said no arrest had been made yet and called on the public to come out with any information that would lead to the arrest of the armed robbers.
