In another development, an unidentified young man in his twenties has been lynched for allegedly stealing a one-and-half year-old baby at Abisase in the Berekum West District in the Bono Region.
According to an eyewitness, the baby thief entered a room around 2:30am on Tuesday 22nd June, 2021, and managed to make away with the baby.
Fortunately, the father of the baby saw him and with the help of community members pursued him to retrieve the child.
The deceased, sensing that he would be arrested, threw the baby away, but was pursued and finally caught and lynched.
Narrating the incident, the Assembly Member for Abisase-Tiwbaabi Electoral Area, Atta Jacobs, said,the Unit Committee members in the town attempted to rescue the young man from being lynched, but were not successful.
According to him, if the police had arrived early enough the deceased could have been saved from the mob and put before court.
The Berekum Police Command has since deposited the body at the Berekum Holy Family Hospital mortuary, waiting for an autopsy, while investigations have commenced.
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