The Assembly Member for Asante Akyem South, Samuel Ohene has disclosed that the knife used in the murder at Konongo-Odumase Senior High School (KOSS) in the Ashanti Region was part of cutlery set students were asked to bring to school.
According to him, the student was stabbed in the left side of his abdomen during the scuffle, adding that the body was released to the deceased’s family for burial on Sunday, November 7 at the Odumase Central Mosque.
“The knife used was part of the required cutlery set for dining. It is possible the knife was sharpened by the suspect for the purpose. The school has a good security system. This is the first time something like this is happening,” he told Francis Abban on Morning Starr.
The Konongo Police have picked up five students of the Konongo-Odumase Senior High School to assist in investigations over the murder of a first-year student of the school Friday night.
Emmanuel Osei Frimpong, a second-year student, is alleged to have stabbed the deceased, Larhan Sam-una who attempted to stop Frimpong from bullying another student with a kitchen knife.
Sam-una who bled profusely died shortly after he was rushed to the Konongo-Odumase Government Hospital.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Adu Agyemang Duah, the Asante-Akim Central Municipal Police Commander who briefed the Ghana News Agency, said Assistant Headmaster of the school, David Kwabena Asare, assisted by the Police arrested Frimpong and one other on Friday at about 2150 hours.
He said the Police proceeded to the hospital, where doctors had declared the deceased dead and conveyed the body to the Steward Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
He said three other suspects mentioned as accomplices were also picked and are currently in police custody.
“Police investigations disclosed that the students closed from prep at about 2030 hours and went back to their various dormitories.
“These five suspects who are all in form two ganged up and decided to go to house three to bully the first-year students and they first attacked one Kwame Manu,” he continued.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Isaac Dzidzoamenu
