A/R; RITUAL KILLINGS: MAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING PREGNANT WOMAN AND TRYING TO KILL ANOTHER ONE

Crime and killings anywhere is a big subject and when those killings especially become serial, it become bigger headline.

This past week in Ghana, news of the alleged murder of two boys by a 28-year-old self acclaimed architect got many talking.

According to the details of the case, the suspect, Richard Appiah who has since been arrested, was discovered with dead bodies in his room at Alaska in Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality.

IGP visited the community, promised to bring finality to ritual killings and vowed to deal with crime perpetrators according to the law.

But it seems things are escalating and worse crimes happening in some part of the country specifically in the Ashnati Region.

A man believed to be in his early 30s was caught by the residents of Adjamesu in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region chasing pregnant women with matchete.

According to the husband of the deceased, Mr. Kwame Afrifa, the incident happened around 10pm last night whiles the victim was alone in the room.

Mr. Kwame disclosed that the suspect sneaked into the abode of his pregnant wife and attempted dissecting her belly for the reasons best known to the peperteator alone.

Bra Kwame added that, the helpless woman shouted weirdly which drew the attention of his elder brother outside the house and he quickly rushed to the room to ascertain what was going on.

The suspect sensing danger, he came out of the room with the sharp matchete to slash anyone trying to venture but with the intimidation on the part of the husband to shoot the suspect, they overpowered him and snatched the object from him.

"He was naked, holding matchete pretending to be mad person to beat the minds of the locals but when beaten mercilessly, he confessed to be in a gang going after pregnant women to kill them for their bloody and satanic job", the husband of the victim, Bra Kwame told NANA AMPRATWUM on Silver FM's OMANBAPA MORNING SHOW.

The suspect confessed that, he's part of a gang of Four (4) and they've already one pregnant woman and still hunting for more but luck eluded him last night at the said locality trying to kill another pregnant woman.

The suspect has been handing over to the Dominase Police after severe beaten and the victim has been sent to the Dominase health facility for treatment.

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