A/R: Feyiase Murder Suspect Arrested
Police in Kuntenase in the Ashanti Region have arrested one Rashid Ibrahim as suspect for the blooded murder of Israel Agyei Manu.
The deceased was Head teacher of Rojel Montessori Basic School at Atonsu Kumasi and also driver of Bolt service.
The suspect who initially gave an untenable alibi to Police later confessed to committing the crime.
He led police to retrieve the matchete which he allegedly used to behead the deceased at Feyiase New Site on 4th July, 2021.
Rashid Ibrahim is in Police custody pending arraignment before Court.
The Police have, however, commended the Feyiase community members who volunteered their observation of movement of neighbours and strangers alike to Police, leading to the arrest of the suspect.
Background
The murdered headteacher, Israel Manu, was beheaded by unknown assailants.
The deceased who was an Uber driver and also a teacher of a private school, Rojel Montessori at Atonsu is said to have visited his fiancee at Atonsu and told her he has been booked by some individuals and was going to drop them off.
The Assembly man for Feyiase Electoral Area Samuel Yaw Kwae who briefed the press said around 2:05pm Sunday he had information of a decapitated body lying infront of an uncompleted building at Feyiase New Site.
Together with the police they got to the scene to find the body of the man believe to be in his 30’s.
A search by the team later discovered the head some metres away from the body.
The body has since been deposited at Pramso Hospital Morgue as investigations have commenced.
The man is said to be a resident of Sokoban Ampayoo.