Some indignant residents of Koforidua -Betom within the New Juaben South Municipality of the Jap Area have brutalized two suspects for allegedly making an attempt to steal aluminum cooking pots.
The incident occurred Tuesday daybreak at Betom a suburb of Koforidua.
The 2 victims and one other confederate who managed to flee have been allegedly arrested by some youth making an attempt to steal huge aluminum cooking pots belong to a chop bar operator at Betom.
The mob chased and managed to arrest two of the suspects and beat them to pulp.
The mob allegedly nailed the suspects and inflicted knife wounds on them earlier than dragged them to the street.
Sensing the hazard that the suspects might die, the mob dragged and deserted them on the Apenteng Corridor space which is a distance from the scene.
One of many suspects pleaded for water, porridge, and bread which a Good Samaritan among the many passersby who gathered round them offered him.
Police subsequently got here to their rescue and despatched them to the Jap Regional Hospital the place one was reportedly pronounced lifeless.
Many residents anxious by the rise in housebreaking and theft instances in New Juaben have vowed to topic suspects to prompt justice.
