51-year-old attempts to kill wife of 13 years after family complains he has abandoned them.
After attempting to murder their mother, a man abandons the children in shock.
Neighbors foil an unstable man's attempt to murder his wife.
Police are looking into an attempted murder case.
The Asankragwa Police have arrested a 51-year-old man for attempting to murder his wife on the grounds that he had been receiving constant accusations from his extended family members that he had neglected them while focusing all of his financial resources on his spouse.
According to 3news.com, Francis Duku was arrested after attempting to slash his wife and then commit suicide on Thursday, July 21, 2022, around 3:00 a.m.
Francis sustained self-inflicted wounds in the stomach while his wife sustained machete wounds on her neck, head and her back, it added.
According to the details of the story, Francis Duku asked his wife of 13 years, Aba Yaaba, to sleep on the floor (with the children) the night before the incident but woke up at dawn to take out his dastardly act.
Before that, however, Aba Yaaba explained that she noticed an unusual behaviour with her husband, adding that, “most of the times, you see him speaking to himself.”
Speaking from her sick bed after sustaining machete wounds on her neck, head and her back, she added that the night before, the two of them had shared a good time laughing together.
“In the evening while we were preparing to sleep, he asked that I go sleep on the floor. With some hesitation, I did because sleeping on the floor meant sleeping with the children. He left the room and I slept. I woke up with a start to see my husband kneeling close to where I was sleeping with a machete. Before I could say anything, he started cutting me. Amidst screams, I started to struggle with him. Miraculously, I was able to escape from his grips and I came outside…
“We have been married for the past 13 years and have 4 children together. To the best of my knowledge, I have not wronged him in any way. We have been living peacefully together all these years. This is the first time he is showing this violent behaviour. In fact, the night before he attempted to take my life, he came to sit by me at where I sell my groundnuts and we had a good laugh together,” she said.
She said that it took her neighbours to save her from further harm from her husband, leaving their children in a state of utter shock.
According to Francis Duku, who was also admitted to the Asankragwa Catholic Hospital, he decided to take his own and his wife's lives due to pressure from his extended family.
"The accusations came in thick and fast. It later escalated into death threats. They would not listen no matter how hard I tried, and this was taking a heavy toll on me. So I decided to put an end to it all by killing us both.
"I have no issues with my wife; we have been living together peacefully," he explained.
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