A tragic incident in Nyameadom, Ashanti Region, has left one woman dead and six others injured after a member of a local security group fired into a mining pit at a 'galamsey' site.

The women were reportedly working in the pit when the shooting occurred.

According to sources, the guard aimed to scare the women away by firing a warning shot, but it accidentally went astray.

In reaction to the shooting, enraged residents of the town set fire to an excavator owned by the illegal miners.