Tamale, May 7, GNA - Police Lance Corporal Mathew Nde Appiah, 32,

stationed in Tamale, on Friday morning shot and wounded his wife, Dorcas,=

with an AK47 assault rifle, accusing her of infidelity. The woman is reported to be in critical condition at the Tamale Teachi= ng Hospital.

Information gathered by the GNA indicates that Lance Corporal Mathew Nd= e Appiah has been suspecting the wife of flirting with other men. Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) f= or the Northern Regional Police Command, told the Ghana News Agency that Lan= ce Corporal Appiah went to the charge office and booked the AK47 rifle for official duties.

He said about 0830 hours he returned home from his duty post to take his breakfast, saw his wife washing and suddenly gun shots were heard. Chief Inspector Tetteh said policemen who were at the barracks rushed= to the scene and sent Dorcas to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. He said Lance Corporal Appiah threatened people with the rifle and war= ned people not to come near him but later surrendered to the police. 07 May 10