Mob Justice: ‘Butcher’ Burnt To Ashes

MOB ACTION was taken to an extreme level at Asokore Mampong in Asawase, Kumasi, when a suspected 'butcher' who has been terrorizing residents of the area was callously burnt into ashes in a broad daylight.

Residents of the area got terrified when they witnessed the suspect being set on fire with petrol and firewood by his captors.

The well-built suspect, whose name was not provided, is said to have been using machetes and other deadly weapons to slay his victims, mostly women, without provocation.

On August 12 this year, the deceased, according to neighbours, attacked a woman by name Maame Akua Agyeiwaa alias Fati in the bathroom, cutting her with a machete and fleeing into the bush before residents got to the scene.

Richard Karikari aka KK who was at the scene, said a few hours after attacking Fati, the suspect bloodily attacked another woman in the vicinity and he again fled through the bush before he could be caught.

The two victims, who are responding to treatment at the hospital, are among several people that have been attacked by the butcher.

Ironically, the notorious gangster, believed to be in his mid 30s, usually flees the scene without taking any properties belonging to his victims.

A young boy, who saw the suspect running into a bush after attacking one of his victims, recently recognized him when he saw him (suspect) in a queue about to buy Banku and raised the alarm for his arrest.

The suspect initially denied being the one butchering people in the area but the incensed residents of the vicinity became suspicious when the suspect began to fumble when answering simple questions posed to him. He was consequently searched by the residents and true to their suspicion, a sharp knife with fresh human blood all over it was found. He was immediately subjected to severe beatings, after which he was set ablaze.

From I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi