March 29, 2024 10:10 am

Greater Accra Region: Man allegedly kills wife and hangs himself

A woman has allegedly been mutilated and hacked to death by her husband at Gbetsile Soldier Line in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.

The husband, Thomas Kontoh, a man believed to be in his mid-50s, allegedly hanged himself after the incident early on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

The woman in her 40s, identified as Lydia Amponsah, had her ears cut off and suffered multiple cutlass wounds.

Speaking to Citi News, the traumatised niece of the deceased, Michaela Okata, who witnessed the incident, narrated that at around 1:30 am Tuesday dawn, Thomas Kontoh allegedly broke into their room with a cutlass and butchered Lydia Amponsah.

“I heard someone knock on our door at dawn. It was my uncle who was calling out to my aunt. He forced his way into the room. He had a cutlass in his hand. After a little disagreement, he slashed her with the cutlass.”

“My auntie asked me to call for help so I took to my heels. I returned to meet my auntie dead,” she recounted.

She also said Thomas Kontoh subsequently chased her in an attempt to also kill her.

Officers from the Atadeka Zenu police were deployed to the scene.

Source: Citinewsroom

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