Horror At Awudome Cemetery

The distress call of a man who had been hacked and dumped at the Awudome Cemetery in Accra by unknown assailants sent shivers down the spines of residents in the area.

The Kaneshie Divisional Police Command is investigating the alleged murder of the 40-year-old man who is yet to be identified.

The victim had plastered fresh wounds on his forehead, hands and legs when he was found.

It is believed that the victim might have been in the hospital receiving treatment when his assassins picked him up, killed and dumped him in the area.

Residents, who could not recognize the deceased, said they saw the lifeless body of the man in a prostrate position on Monday around 5am.

According to an eyewitness account, around 5am that morning, they overheard someone shouting for help.

“When we finally got to the scene, we realized that he was alive, but died a few minutes later,” the eyewitness said.

The Kaneshie Divisional Crime Officer, DSP Dogbevia K. Wonder, who led a team of policemen to the scene, told DAILY GUIDE that the police suspected foul play.

According to the divisional crime officer, the police received information that a middle-aged man had been murdered at Awudome and rushed to the scene.

At the scene, they realized that there were fresh wounds all over his body, with his leg broken.

He said information gathered by the police indicated that the victim was alive when residents got to the scene.

“Residents claimed he screamed several times for help before he later died,” he said.

According to DSP Wonder, no arrest had been made in connection with the murder but the police are still investigating the case.

He said the body had been sent to the Police Hospital morgue for autopsy.

DSP Wonder therefore urged the public to help the police to locate the family of the deceased.