A 17-year-old boy has been killed at Akuapem – Adawso in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region by a gang of Okada riders for coquetting with a girlfriend of one of the riders.
Brother to the deceased Yaw Awusah narrated to the Adawso Police that he went out with his junior brother-Benjamin Awusah (now deceased) in the evening to buy food in Adawso township.
However, while walking on the roadside, a motor rider identified as Edmund popularly known in the area as Eddy accompanied by about seven motorbike riders rushed and crossed them with their motorbikes to attack his brother that he is flirting with a girlfriend of Eddy.
He said during the fight, suspect Eddy pulled a knife and stabbed his brother on the chest and sped off with his accomplices on their motorbikes.
He said his brother who was bleeding profusely was rushed to Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body has been deposited at the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command Francis Gomado told Bryt FM, Police has begun an investigation into the incident to arrest the suspect and his accomplices.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
