British man dies after being shot during robbery in Ghana

A British man who was shot during a robbery in Ghana on Friday has died, police said.

Ashraf Qarmar Parvez, 68, was shot when he tried to thwart an attempt to steal his phone at a drinking establishment in the city of Tema, east of Ghana’s capital Accra. He later died at the hospital, police said.

Authorities in Ghana are searching for the shooter, one of six suspects they say were at the scene and fled on motorcycles.

The UK Foreign Office said it was providing support to the family of a dead man.

While an empty 9 mm bullet casing was seized at the scene, the police interviewed eyewitnesses as part of the investigation.

The incident raised security concerns in the industrial city of Tema, but a local police spokesman told the BBC the attack was a rare incident.

“Efforts are ongoing to contact the British Embassy to formally report their national’s death,” police said in a statement. he said.