A/R: RITUAL KILLINGS: MAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING PREGNANT WOMAN AND TRYING TO KILL ANOTHER ONE
Killings anywhere is a big subject and when those killings especially become serial, it become bigger headlines.
Past week, news of the alleged murder of two boys by a 28-year-old self-acclaimed architect, Richard Appiah at Alaska Junction in Abessim of the Sunyani Municipality in the Bono Region got many talking.
IGP visited the community, promised to bring finality to ritual killings, and vowed to deal with crime perpetrators according to the law of the country.
But it seems things are escalating and worse crimes are happening in some parts of the country specifically in the Ashanti Region.
A man believed to be in his early 40s has been caught by the residents of Adjamesu in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region attacking a pregnant pregnant woman with a machete in her room whiles her husband was in the bathroom.
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According to the report, the incident happened around 10 pm last night while the victim was alone in the room.
Husband to the victim, Mr. Kwame Afrifa disclosed that the suspect sneaked into the abode of his pregnant wife and begun struggling with her trying to dissecting her belly for the reasons best known to the peperteator alone.
Bra Kwame added that the helpless woman shouted weirdly which drew the attention of his elder brother outside the house and he quickly rushed to the room to ascertain what was going on.
The suspect sensing danger, came out of the room with the sharp matchete to slash anyone trying to venture but with the intimidation on the part of the people gathered there to shoot him, he feared and subsequently overpowered.
“He was naked, holding matchete pretending to be mad person to beat the minds of the locals but when beaten mercilessly, he confessed to be in a gang of Four (4) hunting for pregnant women to kill them for their bloody sakawa business”, the husband of the victim, Bra Kwame told Silver FM’s FILASCO DEGENERAL today.
He confessed killing a pregnant woman in another locality with his gang but luck eluded him trying to kill another that fateful day.
Both hands were tied to the legs and was hit from all angels by the angry locals.
The other Three (3) members were able to outsmart the people and run.
The timely intervention of the police saved his life.
He (suspect) has therefore been handing over to the Dominase Police after severe beatings whiles the victim has also been sent to the Dominase health facility for treatment.
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