News coming in from Ejisuman Senior High School(SHS) in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region, indicates that a final year Business student has been butchered by a suspected armed robber, who happens to be a colleague student during Prep hours.
According to report, the suspected armed robber is being identified as a second year student of the same school.
The victim is currently receiving treatment at the hospital after sustaining severe machete wounds after the gory attack.
Mr Charles Owusu, father of the victim narrated the incident to the media(OTEC News reporter Jacob Agyenim Boateng) on Monday August 7, 2023,
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“He was learning with his colleagues in one of the classrooms but opted to move to the next one because some of his friends were making noise, after realizing it was late in the evening, he prepared to leave for the dormitory when a young man with machete , and handkerchief covered his face forcefully entered the room”
“He commanded my son to give him his mobile phone, but my son had no phone on him, the suspect then begun to pounce on my son with the machete leading to a struggle between them”
“The handkerchief covering the suspect’s face removed during the struggle allowing my son to see his attacker, he then rushed to the dormitory and upon informing school authorities the student suspect has been arrested and handed over to the Ejisu Police”, he said.
The Ejisu Police is currently conducting its investigations.
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There has been similar cases of assaults in some senior high schools in Ghana. Some students acts as robbers to cause harm to their colleagues on campus.
The 2023 WASSCE has begun and all final year students are in a learning-mode. They often prefer to study at a very quite place. Candidates are therefore advised to be very careful in these last hours