Reports indicate a radio presenter with Tamale based Neesim 100.1 FM has been shot dead in a robbery attack at Kalariga, suburb of Tamale.
The incident according to eyewitness accounts happened at about 7:30pm, Tuesday night.
The gunmen are said to have launched an attack on a mobile money vendor along the Kalariga – Tamale Teaching Hospital highway and fired several live ammunition.
The Presenter who was within the neighborhood of the robbery attack was hit and killed by stray bullet.
He has been identified as Alhassan Suale, host of a weekend educational program on Neesim 100.1MHz.
Meanwhile, the incident has left many residents of Tamale in a state of fear and restlessness as crime rate in the metropolis hits alarming proportion.
The public have complained of the increasing cases of motorcycle and car snatching incidents in the northern regional capital in recent weeks and have cause to call on the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare and his men to up their game in the area.