Sunday, November 16, 2008

TWO DIE IN FIGHT ...Over mutton soup (MIRROR, LEAD STORY)

From Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Bepoase

A fight that ensued over mutton soup prepared has left two people dead at Bepoase, a farming community near Sefwi-Asawinso in the Wiawso District of the Western Region.
One died after receiving a blow that caused him to miss his steps and fall on an exposed rock, while the other collapsed and died on his way to hospital.
The dead are Henry Kpodo, 38, a native of Big Ada in the Greater Accra Region and Steven Abugri, 28, from the Upper West Region.
A suspect in the case, Kweku Kussase, 37, also from the Upper West Region is currently in police custody.
Eyewitnesses told The Mirror that Kpodo visited Kussase and Abugri, who were then preparing the soup and mistakenly kicked the firewood under the cooking pot resulting in the tumbling of the pot .
Kussase was said not to have taken kindly to Kpodo’s behaviour and therefore confronted him, but Kpodo rather became offended and gave Kussase a heavy slap.
According to the witnesses, Kussase then called Abugri, who became furious after realising that Kpodo had shown no remorse for the act.
Abugri was said to have given Kpodo a heavy blow and as he fell with his head hitting a rock, he became unconscious.
Kussase and Abugri then carried Kpodo to the hospital but upon realising that he was dead left the body by the roadside and fled to the bush.
The villagers who were aware of the fight then pursued and apprehended them and later handed them over to the Wiawso Police where the two admitted the offence.
While in police cells, Abugri was said to have complained of dizziness but died while being conveyed to the hospital.
The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Asafo Family Hospital Mortuary.

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