- A 17-year-old was beaten and had his ear cut off after he was suspected of trying to steal a car.
- The young man was arrested in Domeavla, Southern Georgia Municipality, on suspicion of trying to steal a car.
- If the police had not intervened, the residents would have lynched him.
A 17-year-old suspected robber has been beaten down in Domeabra, Ga South Local Government Area of the Greater Accra Region.
The young man’s ear was also cut off by the mob.
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The youth, identified as Joel Nyarko, was allegedly involved in an attempted vehicle robbery in the area and subsequently assaulted.
The accomplice fled the scene. The residents attacked them..
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Joel was brutally beaten by the local residents and then put into a wheelbarrow and taken to the side of the road.
Had the police not intervened timely, the residents would have lynched him.
Officers from Amanfrom District Police Headquarters rushed the young man to hospital where he is receiving treatment.
One resident, Charles Aytey, said the suspect’s ear was cut off as a deterrent to others.
Meanwhile, preliminary police investigations have revealed that the suspect is a Sakawa boy residing in Dwenewoho.
Joel Nyarko told police he was not a thief.
He said that during the attack, unidentified individuals robbed him of his belongings.
He said iPhones, dollars, cedis and other accessories were stolen.
Masked men attack and rob Mercedes container truck
Police are searching for seven masked armed robbers who attacked a Mercedes Benz container truck between Tesiliman and Domeabra near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region and robbed the occupants.
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According to the victims of the robbery, they were attacked on the evening of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, when they were travelling from Adansi Asokwaon to Obuasi.
Armed Robbery They were ambushed on the road between the villages of Tesiliman and Domeabra.
On reaching that section, masked men armed with guns, daggers and clubs jumped out from the bushes where they were hiding and opened fire on the truck, forcing the driver to stop.
The assailants then demanded that the passengers of the truck get out and fled the scene stealing mobile phones worth GH₵4,500 and GH₵12,000 in cash.
No one in the car was injured.
Women were told to never sleep at night for the rest of their lives.
YEN.com.gh A 24-year-old Ghanaian woman has reportedly narrated the sad situation she is battling due to her desire to make money.
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The woman said a man she sought help from at an Accra nightclub taught her financial rituals that helped her live a comfortable life.
But that comfort came at a great cost: she had been warned never to sleep at night for the rest of her life.
Proofread by Berlinda Entsie, Journalist and Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
Source: YEN.com.gh