Police in the Central Region have confirmed the brutal killing\u00a0of six people at Assin Akrofuom. The slain included four relatives of the suspect, Akwesi Ganu, an ex-convict .<\/p>\n
Those butchered were his parents, sister, brother and two other neighbors.\u00a0But\u00a0a six year old boy, who survived the gruesome attack, is currently on admission at a hospital.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Ka3SEZmA9FtKecKCOfE5g4T2qQVs5t6w”]The Divisional Crime Officer for Assin Fosu, DSP John Coffie, who confirmed the incident to Citi News<\/strong>, said the Police were informed about the incident around 8:30pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had a call that somebody had killed his mother, father, sister and nephew near Assin Akrofuom. We went to the scene and we found an elderly man who had been beheaded and then a young lady who had also been butchered just by her father.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we entered the main house too, we found out that the landlord\u2019s head was almost off, his two hands were chopped off. The last person who our investigation revealed to be the landlord’s son, six year old, was lying there helpless but the suspect bolted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He said the 35-year old suspect was killed by residents who arrested him from his hideout in a nearby village, as he attempted to\u00a0escape.<\/p>\n “When the youth launched a manhunt for the suspect they brought him dead after he was captured,”\u00a0DSP Coffie said.<\/p>\n He added that, \u201cwe conveyed the bodies to the morgue\u00a0and at the hospital we learnt that the young boy was alive. So it was only the left arm that was hurt and he has been admitted at the hospital,\u201d the Police officer added.<\/p>\n It is unclear what the motive of the suspect was but unconfirmed reports are that he was perhaps not sound mentally.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n