News coming from the Central Region indicates that two individuals have been burned to their untimely deaths in Assin Breku, a small farming community in Assin North in the Central Region.
The incident happened on Thursday, July 13, 2023, when unknown assailants inflicted cutlass wounds on a 63-year-old woman in her room. The victim, who suffered a machete wound, is currently receiving treatment at St. Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu.
The youth of the town, upon hearing of the incident, embarked on a search for the suspect. Two people suspected of being behind the attack on the woman were later arrested in a nearby bush by the angry mob. Not even the police could stop the individuals from performing the act. The men were beaten and set ablaze by the mob.
According to some residents, the suspects are not known in the community and are believed to have been hired by some individuals to perpetrate the act. Tufohene of Assin Breku, Nana Kotroka Frimpong Baah, attempted to save the suspects but was prevented by the angry mob.
“What is worrying is that the mob did not have patience but killed the suspects. If they had taken their time, we would have found the killers who sent the individuals to engage in this act. This generation is really after money, and we see these things on our television screens. “The youth are deceived into believing that quick money is good, and this is what is pushing most of the youth into engaging in these acts,” Kwabena Appiah, a resident, said.
Meanwhile, the police have taken over the matter as investigations begin. The deceased's body has been deposited at the St. Francis Xavier Hospital morgue for autopsy and preservation. No arrests have yet been made.
Killings and instant mob justice have risen in Ghana over the past decades. People see police as a threat when they catch a thief; their mindset is that the police just put them in cells and freed them after the mob are gone.
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