Berekum Chelsea winger Dominic Frimpong has been killed during an armed robbery on his side’s team bus as they returned from an away match in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
The incident occurred on the Goaso–Bibiani road as the team were heading home from the game against Samartex in Samreboi in the south of the country.
Masked men, wielding guns and assault rifles, started shooting at the bus as the driver tried to reverse.
The Ghanaian FA later said that 20-year-old Frimpong had died in the incident.
The GFA has received with profound shock and deep sorrow the tragic news of the passing of Dominic Frimpong of Berekum Chelsea Football Club.
This tragic incident is not only a huge loss to Berekum Chelsea but also to Ghana football as a whole.