The administration of the Akro Senior High Technical School in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region has offered a narrative of how students of the school beat a thief to death on the school’s grounds.
On Friday night, two suspected thieves broke into the school’s girls’ dormitory.
One of the suspects initially entered the school, but his luck ran out when he was apprehended by students and beaten to a pulp.
Later, another unknown accomplice unlawfully entered the school, demanding the release of his counterpart and threatening the student body, but he was also captured and beaten up.
However, one of them, Emmanuel Kpabitey Sackitey, died at St. Martins De Porres Hospital, where the police transported them after finding them unconscious.
The school’s headmaster, Charles Osombaa, who talked to the media about the event, puzzled how the accused criminals got into the school grounds.
“One thief came in the night and we managed to apprehend him. While we were keeping him for the police to come for him, another one emerged threatening the student that, if the other thief is not released, he will bring others from town to beat them up. This infuriated the students and they beat him. We managed to rescue him. The police came in and took him to the hospital. Upon reaching there he was pronounced dead.”
“The thief was caught by the students so they started beating him before we came out of our bungalows. We do not know how he managed to get into the compound because the place is walled. So we do not know if he scaled the wall and he did not even keep quiet but he came threatening the students, and that is what annoyed them”, the school head narrated.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Police Command has increased security at the institution.
Supt. Doris Grant, the Odumase District Commander, told Citi News that officers had been stationed to monitor the area.
Police have subsequently opened an inquiry into the incident.
“I had information that some two boys had invaded the school, and they were thieves. My men responded and came here and saw that they had been physically assaulted. I gave directives that they should be taken to the hospital. Unfortunately, one died”, Doris Grant, Supt.
The deceased’s remains have been placed in the hospital morgue for autopsy, while the surviving suspect, Odoi Solomon, is currently responding to medical care.
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
