Bees invade Sunyani Central Mosque, cause havoc to worshippers
Islamic prayers ended abruptly when a swamp of bees invaded the Sunyani Central Mosque, and caused havoc to worshippers, last Friday.
The hundreds of Islamic congregants, who gathered to observe prayers, fled the mosque with their faces covered to escape the attack, which occurred around 1:20 pm.
However, the timely response of personnel of the Bono Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Ghana Ambulance Service saved the situation.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered that though GNFS personnel were able to rescue some Muslims, the bees did not spare congregants, especially the aged and women who were trapped in the place of worship as a result of the pandemonium.
Shop owners and some petty traders around the mosque along the Sunyani-Zongo one-way, were also not left out from the attack, as the bees ran amok in the neighbourhood.
The Assistant Divisional Officer Grade One (ADO1) Kwame Adomako Antwi, the Bono Regional Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, confirmed the story to the GNA, saying the bees attacked some of the fire personnel too, and the victims had received medication. He said the GNFS received a distress call claiming fire outbreak at the mosque, but the personnel arrived at the mosque only to realise that it was rather bees which had invaded the mosque.
During a visit to the Sunyani Zongo, some of the Muslims told the GNA that they were shocked and surprised about the invasion, saying that was the first time it had happened at the mosque
