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Kasoa ritual killing: Teenage suspects remanded into police custody

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The two teenagers accused of killing an 11-year-old, Ishmael Mensah at Kasoa in the Central Region, have been remanded into police custody by the Ofaakor District Court presided over by her worship, Rosemond Vera Ocloo.

The two, Felix Nyarko and Nicholas Kini allegedly killed and buried the boy on Saturday, April 3, 2021, for money rituals.

many residents thronged the court premises for the first hearing of the case.

He said the family of the deceased were in a sombre mood, with his mother crying uncontrollably.

He said the two have been slapped with the charge of murder.

The two suspects are to reappear in the court on April 20, 2021.

Details about the incident

Reported on Saturday that two teenagers had been arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly killing an 11-year-old boy supposedly for money rituals at Lamptey Mills, a suburb of Kasoa.

Some eyewitnesses said the suspects allegedly lured the deceased, known as Ishmael Mensah by his peers, into an uncompleted building and smashed his head with a club and cement blocks killing him instantly.

They subsequently buried him in the building.

Police says the suspects planned to recover the body at midnight for the supposed rituals.

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