Mobile thieves slashes fingers of student

Accra, June 25, GNA- The two fingers of Miss Rosemary Klutse, a 17-year-old former student of Accra Girls Secondary Schools, were slashed with a sharp knife by two mobile phone snatchers at the Adenta SDA Junction last Tuesday.

Miss Klutse had gone to the junction in the evening to buy units for her mobile phone. When she was returning home, the two young men dressed in black and wearing sunglasses stopped by her on a motorbike and asked her to surrender the phone.

She told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that she refused to hand over the phone and instead threw it into a nearby bush.

Miss Klutse said her action infuriated the thieves who used the sharp knife to slash two fingers on her left hand and escaped. She bled profusely and was rushed to the 37 Military Hospital by onlookers where her fingers were stitched and bandaged. The Adenta District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police Yao Tettegah confirmed the story to the GNA and said efforts were being made to apprehend the culprits and asked the public to co-operate by giving out the needed information.

He said last month, his outfit arrested a taxi, with multiple registration number plates, which was used in snatching mobile phones at Adenta.

The culprits were sent to the Accra Regional Police Headquarters where they were sent to court prosecution.