Ghanaian Winger Dominic Frimpong Killed At Age Of 20 In Attack On Team Bus

Berekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong has been killed successful an equipped robbery connected his team’s autobus arsenic they returned from a lucifer connected Sunday, nan Ghana Football Association said.

Berekum Chelsea said six “masked men wielding guns and battle rifles” had blocked nan roadworthy arsenic nan squad returned from their Ghana Premier League lucifer against Samartex.

The robbers fired astatine nan autobus arsenic it tried to reverse distant from danger, nan nine said. Staff and players fled nan conveyance but Frimpong was struck successful nan head. The 20-year-old was taken to infirmary but died from his wounds. He is nan only reported casualty from nan incident. Ghanaian authorities said nan autobus was carrying 30 players and officials.

“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has received pinch profound daze and heavy sorrow nan tragic news of nan passing of Dominic Frimpong of Berekum Chelsea Football Club,” nan GFA said successful a statement. “The incident has sent shockwaves crossed nan full shot fraternity. The GFA extends its heartfelt condolences to nan family of nan deceased, his teammates, method staff, management, and each astatine Berekum Chelsea during this highly difficult time.”

The GFA described Frimpong, who had scored 2 goals successful 13 appearances this season, arsenic a “promising young talent whose dedication and passion for nan crippled embodied nan tone of our league”. He had joined Berekum Chelsea connected indebtedness from Aduana FC earlier this year.

Sunday’s incident was not nan first clip a squad had been attacked successful Ghana. FC Savannah, Wa All Stars, Legon Cities and AshantiGold person reported akin incidents successful caller years, according to nan BBC.

Local constabulary said they had “deployed further unit and crime segment experts to nan area”, adding that nan “perpetrators will beryllium arrested wrong nan shortest imaginable time”.