{"id":358958,"date":"2017-10-04T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=358958"},"modified":"2017-10-04T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T12:03:38","slug":"20-year-old-suspected-thief-beaten-to-pulp-at-asawase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/20-year-old-suspected-thief-beaten-to-pulp-at-asawase\/","title":{"rendered":"20-year old suspected thief beaten to pulp at Asawase"},"content":{"rendered":"
Police have conveyed the body of a young man believed to be in his 20’s who went unconscious after he was mercilessly beaten by residents of Asawase.<\/p>\n
Residents who accused him of being a thief say they suspect he was part of a gang who has been attacking and snatching the belongings of people in the area.<\/p>\n
According to an eyewitness who was part of onlookers at the scene, the body had been lying since morning when they woke up to start their day.<\/p>\n
He suspects the young man might have been beaten during the night while their lights were off.<\/p>\n
It is not the first time such an incident has happened in the area. A suspected thief was equally lynched close to the Dogo Moro park at Asawase.<\/p>\n
Kumasi is one of the areas in Ghana where the practice of what has become known as mob justice is very common.<\/p>\n
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By: Hafiz Tijani\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have conveyed the body of a young man believed to be in his 20’s who went unconscious after he was mercilessly beaten by residents of Asawase. Residents who accused him of being a thief say they suspect he was part of a gang who has been attacking and snatching the belongings of people in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":358963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[383,3,384],"yoast_head":"\n