RESIDENTS of Gumbihini, a suburb of Tamale, on Wednesday woke up to the horrific scene of a man who had allegedly butchered his eight-year-old nephew and slashed the throats of two others.
The body of the deceased, Mustapha Abdul-Jalil, has been deposited at the morgue of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, while the two other victims, Mustapha Aliu, 9, and Mustapha Mohammed, 7, whose conditions are said to be critical, are on admission at the same hospital.
The 20-year-old suspect, Abubakari Iddrisu, who is alleged to be on drugs, is currently in police custody.
The mother of the deceased, Madam Mustapha Zenabu, who collapsed out of shock upon visiting the scene of the incident, is also responding to treatment at the same hospital.
According to the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebenezer Tetteh, following the outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in some parts of the Northern Region, people were being encouraged to sleep in open spaces to avoid congestion and heat.
“As a result, the deceased’s mother had been sleeping in the compound with her children and the rest of the members of the household,” Mr Tetteh indicated.
He explained that about 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Madam Zenabu was woken from her sleep by the desperate cries of the children who were lying in the doorway of the suspect.
When she rushed to the scene, she saw the kids in a pool of blood and gasping for breath.
The officer said when the mother raised an alarm, the suspect fled into the bush but he was subsequently apprehended and handed over to the police, while the victims were rushed to the hospital, where Abdul-Jalil was pronounced dead.
Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and claimed that the victims had been stealing his money.
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