A pregnant woman was shot and killed by a group of armed robbers in the dawn of Monday.
The pregnancy was five months old.
The unfortunate incident happened duirng a raid at her residence at Zenu near Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region.
Bernice Adjololo, said to be the wife of the campaign manager of the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Alfred Agbesi was shot in the chest and died instantly.
The distrught husband of the deceased, David Adjololo, who confirmed the incident to Adom News, suspects foul play.
According to him, the gunmen broke into the house and demanded some money but after they killed his wife, they took away just their television.
“They ordered us to open the door after we forced it closed (but we refused) so they shot through the door and it hit my wife’s chest. When they broke in and could not get any money, they took away only a TV leaving the other valuable materials” he added.
Meanwhile, residents at Zenu have expressed concern about what they describe as the upsurge of armed robbery in the area.
The robbers, they claim, have put the area under virtual siege making them to live fear and insecurity.
They appealed to the police to act frimly to crack down on the criminals to restore security in the area.