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

According to the military, a group of around 60 miners allegedly armed with "pump-action guns and homemade weapons" forced their way into the AngloGold Ashanti site and exchanged fire with soldiers, leading to the deadly response.

A Ghanaian small-scale miners' association on Sunday said soldiers killed at least nine unarmed people at an AngloGold Ashanti mine on Saturday night,

Seven illegal miners were killed and one seriously injured during a gun battle with the troops in western Ghana, the military said.

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",