A 24-year-old was nearly lynched by a mob for allegedly stealing quantities of marijuana to sell.
The incident occurred Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Kyeremateng Yoyim a farming Community near
Nkurakan in Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The farming community is notorious for the cultivation of the substance which Police have on many times
invaded to destroy some of the farms.
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The victim Bismark Asare, 24, was attacked at down by a mob of about 10 men led by a man only
identified as Rasta for allegedly stealing quantities of harvested marijuana.
Not even the intervention of the brother of the victim Asiedu Isaac could stop the assailants from
brutalizing the victim who was bleeding profusely.
The Nkurakan Police were informed upon which Police were quickly dispatched to the scene and met the
victim beaten to a pulp and abandoned in a pool of blood.
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He was rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua and admitted.
The victim’s speech has been impaired as a result of a head injury suffered hence yet to narrate exactly
what happened to him to the Police.
The Acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sargeant Francis Gomado
says efforts are underway to arrest the suspects.
BY : Obed Ansah
