10-year-old pupil escapes assassination after testifying in Mankessim court

A 10-year-old class four pupil of the Mankessim Anglican School in the Central Region has escaped an attack on her life after appearing before the Mankessim District Court as a witness to a theft case.

The victim had testified before the court in a case involving a man named Majeed, whom she and her friends allegedly spotted stealing a tricycle (Aboboyaa), which was announced in the area to have been missing for days.

On Monday, around 8:30 a.m., while in school, the girl reported having a headache and asked her teacher for permission to go home for medication.

But on her way, she got attacked by three assailants in facemasks.

The assailants tried to harm her after tying her mouth and hands in an uncompleted building. But in an attempt to tie her legs, they noticed that some people were coming towards the building; hence, they fled to avoid being noticed.

The rescued victim was found in her school uniform, had her mouth sealed with a handkerchief, and her hands tied with a lemon-coloured rope.

Beatrice Daamoah, the mother of the victim, said in an interview that she had on several occasions spotted the accused thief pointing her daughter to his friends as the girl who testified against him in court.

She added that fearing that her daughter’s life was in danger, she reported the matter to the CID officer handling the case, who later called the suspect to order, but the latter continued to intimidate her daughter several times.

The case has been reported to the Mankessim Police Command, and investigation has commenced.