In the New Year, a man stabbed his 32-year-old friend to death over a woolen carpet, at Atuntuma in the Nyinahin area in the Ashanti Region.
The incident happened on January 5, 2024, when the two got into a fight.
The victim, Kwaku Poku, reportedly, bled profusely after the suspect, Okyere Darko, stabbed him in the neck with a pair of scissors during the fight.
A police report indicated that Poku was rushed to the Manso-Abore Hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
“That in the course of events the said Okyere Darko stabbed the neck of the deceased with a pair of scissors, making him fall unconscious, and had been rushed to Manso-Abore Hospital for treatment. On receipt of the complaint, two men proceeded to Atuntuma where the scene and the place of abode of the suspect were visited and thoroughly searched, but both the suspect and the murder weapon could not be found.
“Just as police decided to follow up with Manso-Abore Hospital to trace the deceased, news came in from the hospital that the deceased had passed on. The body has been deposited at Nyinahin Community Mortuary for autopsy, as the investigation continues,” the police report said.
Meanwhile, the report added that a search party, comprising volunteers from Atuntuma and its adjoining areas, was dispatched into the bush in search of the suspect who fled the scene.
“Efforts are also being made to get photographs of the suspect for publication as well as retrieve the weapon used for the crime,” the police said.