The Kusasi Chief of the Ashanti Region, Abdul-Malik Azenbe, has been shot and killed in what appears to be a targeted attack at his residence near the Asawase F-line community centre on the night of Tuesday, July 22, 2025, according to a report by Citi News.
According to eyewitnesses, two men arrived on a motorbike around 8:40 pm.
One of them, armed with an AK-47 rifle, opened fire on the chief before they both fled the scene.
Azenbe, who had only recently been enskinned as Kadi Naaba of the Kadi Divisional Area in Binduri three months ago, was rushed to the Manhyia District Hospital.
He was later transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Later that evening, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Emmanuel Teye-Cudjoe, visited the chief’s family and pledged a full-scale investigation to apprehend the attackers and bring them to justice.
