A physically challenged 60-year-old man was murdered and his body was burned.
Unknown assailants murdered and set fire to a 60-year-old physically challenged man from Agomanya-Ablotsi in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal of the Eastern Region.
Osanyongmor Thomas Teye was suspected of being hit on the head with an object while sleeping at a block factory before being set ablaze, presumably with kerosene, as the area where he slept reeked of the fuel, and sticks of matches presumably used to light him were discovered on the ground by the structure.
The deceased was said to have relocated to the site, which is located on their family land, four years ago due to the lack of basic facilities in the house.
The motives of his assailants are unknown, but the victim's blood spilled on the floor from his head down.
The fire swept through the structure where the deceased slept, partially destroying his mosquito net, wheelchair, cement bags, android and feature phones, mattress, bedspreads, and clothes.
Honourable Anyeenorgu Joseph Kwame, Assemblyman for Yohe Electoral Area, told GhanaWeb in an interview that he was informed of the incident in the morning before going to the police station to file a formal complaint.
"This morning, around 8:45, I had a call from my colleague aAsembly man that somebody had been found dead at Ablotsi top...I quickly ran to the site so I asked the family member and he said around 4:30am, they came here and they saw that their relative had been killed and burnt," said the Assembly man.
He furthered that he together with his colleague informed personnel of the Odumase Police Command whom, he said, could not mobilize to the scene due to the absence of a vehicle, compelling the family to provide one.
Residents and relatives of the victim denied knowledge of any differences their kinsman might have had with anybody to instigate the attack on his life.
Neighbors told GhanaWeb that while they did not hear any shouts of help or cries from the deceased, they did hear sounds of suspected gunshots in the area late at night but could not confirm if they were related to the incident.
The late Osanyongmor's remains were later transported to the Atua government hospital for preservation and autopsy.
The Assemblyman, who stated that the incident was the first of its kind in his district, urged residents to volunteer information to assist security agencies in apprehending the perpetrator/s and police in expediting investigations into the incident.
At the time of his death, Osanyorngmor had no wife and no children.
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