Nine year old pupil murdered on a cocoa farm

Suhum (E/R),Jan. 24, GNA- The police at Suhum, in the

Eastern Region are investigating the death of Efua Densua, a

nine-year-old pupil of the Suhum Islamic Primary School, who

was murdered on a cocoa farm and later dumped at the

outskirts of the Suhum-Adakwa road at the weekend. According to the District Commander of police in-charge of

Suhum District, Deputy Superintendent of police Mr E.K.

Amoako, the deceased, whose body was found lying with the

face turn upside down with blood oozing from the nose had

both her legs and the arms tied before allegedly being

murdered. Mr Amoako said the deceased live with the grandmother at

Suhum Gariba Zongo and on January 20, this year, the

grandmother, Monica Owusu send the deceased to buy her

matches from a near-by store but was never seen again until

the body was found. Meanwhile, fear has gripped the school children at Suhum

and its surrounding villages over the death of their colleague

and some of them have refused to attend school.