Information reaching Atinkaonline.com indicates  that a military officer  has  mistakenly shot a female police officer at a Covid-19 operation duty point at  Tema New Town.

According to reports, the incident happened  on Thursday morning and the injured police officer is currently receiving treatment  at the Tema General Hospital.

According to sources,  the police officer ” was manning the checkpoint only to realise  that a bullet had pierced  through her kneecap.”

The soldier in question  has explained to his superiors  that  the incident ” was a mistaken discharge of weapon.”

He further explained that  “the weapon was hanging around my neck when it mistakenly fired.”

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