Today at around noon, the country was hit with sad news as it was recorded that there have been a bomb explosion at Santa Maria which has led to two injured. Details coming in reveal that the dynamite explosion occurred at about 3 pm on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. JoyNews also reported that a lady was caught up in the blast and a victim Glady’s Fiavi has lost her toenails in the blast.
A pregnant woman who also tried to help Glady’s fell unconscious and has been rushed to the hospital. Speaking to JoyNews, the Assemblyman revealed he immediately alerted the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).
“I had to rush to the scene, and I reported to NADMO and all the stakeholders involved. We went to the scene but unfortunately, we couldn’t even locate where the blast came from but they [residents] just heard a blast from the ground,” he explained.
He further added that the police and the national investigation bureau (NIB) and other investigative agencies are investigating the matter.
“I would like to appeal to the necessary quarters and the stakeholders involved to come to our aid and solve this issue once and for all because we don’t know when it’s going to happen again,” the Assemblyman said.
Eyewitnesses of the incident revealed they have never seen such an occurrence ever since they settled there and they are calling on the government and other security agencies to come to their aid and put out the perfect measures to help seize such occurrence so there will not be such a disaster again.
This is the second explosion the country has recorded this year, first, it was at the Appiatse where people lost their valuable properties and others lost their lives, and now Santa Maria.
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