Man murders wife, in-law, attempts suicide

A 57 year-old man on Tuesday shot dead his wife and sister in-law at Sabon Zongo in Accra and attempted to commit suicide, Police said.

Kwabena Omari, a spectacles frames repairer, shot dead Janet Boateng, a 35 year-old seamstress and her sister Yaayaa, 28, both from Obomeng Kwahu. He had claimed that his wife was having an affair with another man.

Mrs Helena Cobbinah, Deputy Superintendent of Police in charge of Korle Bu Police, told newsmen that Omari was receiving treatment, while the bodies of the two women had been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital mortuary. She said Omari used a double barrel shotgun to commit the act.