A 25-year-old farmer in Tepa is reported to have killed a pregnant woman, cut open her belly to take out the baby, and later killed her 17-year-old in-law as well.
The unusual event, according to witnesses, sprang from a misunderstanding when the suspect alleged that the deceased’s goat had trespassed into his house and devoured his farm produce.
On Akoma FM’s current affairs and politics broadcast show on Monday, June 20, Tepa District Police Commander Superintendent, Martin Asenso, revealed that while the suspect was held in jail Sunday afternoon, the irate youth nearly burst into the cells to lynch him for the horrible conduct.
According to the superintendent, the suspect previously came to lodge a complaint that some farmer’s goats are stray and they have been eating his farm produce, and when he confronted them, they cut his hand with a machete. However, some angry youth came to the police station and explained that the suspect had killed a pregnant woman, cut her belly to take the baby out, and then killed her 17-year-old in-law.
Recounting the tragic scene, Ankobiahene Nana Amoateng Tuffuor explained that “we were at the palace yesterday and a young man believed to be in his late 30’s barged into the palace and complained that some people are chasing him because he complained that their goats have eaten his maize so I told him to proceed to the police station not knowing that he was actually the one who has committed murder”.
“As a chief of this town, I have never seen or heard such news before. This is a taboo and we are considering to consult the gods and decide how to cleanse the land of such bloody heinous act that has befallen our land to avoid any catastrophe”, he added.
Source: 3News.com