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14 Feb

Five-Month-Old Baby Reportedly Killed; Mother Beaten To Pulp In Bawku

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A five-month-old baby girl has died in Bawku in the Upper East Region after being smashed on the ground amidst the protracted conflict. According to Citi News, the baby was snatched from her mother in an attack, resulting in the tragic death. The mother, who was returning home after work on Thursday, was reportedly tracked by the assailants and mercilessly beaten. The cause of the attack remains unclear, but it adds to the rising death toll since the conflict re-emerged in October 2024. The death toll currently stands at 55, following the gruesome murder of a mother and her two children…

13 Feb

Two Arrested For Stabbing ‘Okada’ Rider To Death At Agona Okoto-Kwaa

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The Agona Kwanyarko Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly stabbing an Okada rider to death at Agona Okoto-Kwaa in the Agona East District of the Central Region. The suspects, who have been handed over to the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command, reportedly killed the rider after hiring his services. Police sources indicate that on Sunday, the suspects hired the deceased to transport them from Agona Kwanyarko to Agona Okoto-Kwaa. Upon reaching a section of the road, they allegedly asked the rider to stop, pulled out a knife, and demanded the motorbike key. The victim, however, resisted, and in the…

06 Feb

Boy Dies After Uncle Allegedly Hit Him In The Head With Stick

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A 25-year-old man, Peter Chipurotey, has been arrested by police in Sawla, Savannah Region, for allegedly beating his teenage nephew to death at Kporiju. Community members told Adom News that the suspect sneaked into the room of the victim with a stick and struck his head, killing him in his sleep. The deceased’s friends who saw Peter rushing out of his room discovered his lifeless body and reported the incident to the Kalba Police Post, leading to Peter’s arrest. During interrogations, the suspect admitted to committing the crime, telling police that his nephew did not respect him. The body of…

16 Jan

Pack Of ‘Hungry’ Dogs Kill Nigerian Woman In Italy

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Patricia Masithela, a 27-year-old originally from Nigeria, met a horrific fate when she was mauled to death by a pack of starving dogs in Latina, Italy. The tragic incident occurred late Monday night as Patricia visited a male acquaintance at his derelict villa in the Lazio region, according to the Mirror UK. Her chilling screams pierced the night as neighbours were alerted to the savage attack. Patricia, who had relocated to Lazio from Nigeria, had reportedly gone to the house unaware that her friend was not at home. After being attacked, Patricia was discovered critically injured, lying in a pool…

28 Nov

Robbers Kill Gas Station Owner At Gomoa Akotsi

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A gang of two armed men have shot and killed a gas station owner at Gomoa Akotsi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The incident, according to a report by adomonline.com, occurred in the early hours of Thursday, November 28, 2024. The deceased, identified as Martin Okyere, and popularly known as Italian Burger, is a 50-year-old male who had been operating his gas station for over a decade. According to an eyewitness account, a number of gunshots were heard from the gas station, prompting the attention of those nearby. Persons who rushed to the station found the…

15 Nov

2 Juveniles Remanded Over Murder Of JHS Graduate

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The Asokwa District Court has remanded two juveniles in custody, following their alleged involvement in the killing of a 16-year-old boy at Anloga, in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Dennis Owusu Ansah, a recent Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduate set to start Senior High School, after an argument led to the main suspect, a 16-year-old girl, allegedly stabbing the victim. The second suspect, a 15-year-old girl is accused of abetting the murder. Ehen, the accused first appeared before court, the female suspect was charged with murder and causing injury to Ansah, while the other female suspect was charged…

06 Nov

Life Sentence For Man Convicted Of Murdering German Girlfriend And Daughter

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Boigouna Aloys, a Burkinabe national, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court in Accra for murdering his German girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter at Kokrobite. The 47-year-old accused was found guilty by a seven-member jury after a trial in which the prosecution, led by Yvonne Yaache-Adomako, presented evidence from five witnesses. Aloys was charged with two counts of murder. The Burkinabe national was arrested by the police on October 8, 2020, after he secretly murdered and buried his 53-year-old girlfriend, Claudia Weizmann, and her 13-year-old daughter in a bushy area near their residence. Neighbours reported the disappearance…

24 Oct

Kasoa Ritual Killing: 18-Year-Old Suspect Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

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The two teenagers standing trial for the killing of a ten-year-old in Kasoa have been found guilty of counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The two committed the offence in 2021 and have since been on trial. It has taken three years since the gory incident for the High Court to conclude the trial and return a verdict. The second accused, Nicholas Kini, who was 18 years old at the time of the incident, has been sentenced to life in prison. The first accused, who was 15 years old at the time of the incident, has, however, been…

17 Oct

20-Year-Old Allegedly Confesses To Beheading Younger Brother

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A 20-year-old boy, Samuel Obeng has killed his 8-year-old brother, Messiah Akomeah in a bush near Kwamo in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region. After the gruesome act, Samuel Obeng, returned home to inform his uncle about the murder. He claimed he was possessed by a spirit when he manipulated his younger brother to follow him to the remote location where he killed and tried to dispose off the body. The uncle of the suspect, Kofi Appiah in an interview with Adom News expressed shock at the gruesome act. Though he admitted the suspect smokes marijuana, known in local…

07 Oct

14-Year-Old Girl Who Stabbed 3 People At School Says She Did It To Become Famous

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A 14-year-old girl who stabbed three individuals at a school informed police officers that it was "one way to be a celebrity," according to a courtroom report. Bloody knife A pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, as well as teachers Liz Hopkin and Fiona Elias, were transported to the hospital with stab wounds on 24 April. The jury at Swansea Crown Court viewed bodycam footage of a police officer who arrested the girl and sat with her in a vehicle on the fourth day of the trial. There, the girl referred to the pupil she had wounded, stating, "I stabbed her. I apologise."…