A miners' association said the victims were unarmed. The army said seven illegal miners were killed in a firefight.

Seven illegal miners died after they breached a gold mine's security fence carrying rifles and other weapons and engaged in a shootout with the country's military in the Ashanti region.

An incident at AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana's Ashanti Region has reportedly resulted in the deaths of seven individuals, according to the Ghanaian army. The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners,

At least seven people have been killed in a clash with soldiers on duty at a mine in the central Ashanti region, according to the army. The Ghana Armed Forces said about 60 illegal miners, armed with among others things "pump action guns",