The suspect Kwasi Malugah
A man believed to be in his late 20s has allegedly beheaded his four months old pregnant wife at Asankrangwa in the Western Region.
The unfortunate incident occurred yesterday at about 12 midnight.
According to sources, the suspect, after committing the alleged crime attempted to commit suicide and got seriously injured in the process.
DAILY GUIDE gathered that the suspect who was in critical condition was rushed to the Asankrangwa Catholic Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, the lifeless body of his wife had been deposited at Enchi Government Hospital pending autopsy.
ASP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, gave the name of the suspect as Kwasi Malugah aged 27 and the name of the deceased only as Abena, 25.
She indicated that yesterday at about 12:00 midnight, the suspect went and knocked at the door of his landlord one Mr Takyi shouting “my wife! my wife! with blood all over his body.
He(the suspect) then reentered his room and locked the door.
The landlord went to Asankragwa Police Station and lodged a complaint and the police accompanied him to the compound house at Asankragwa New Town.
The door of Kwasi Malugah’s room was forcibly opened by the police and they saw the body of his wife Abena lying in a pool of blood with multiple cutlass wounds.
Malugah was also found with a deep cut on his throat with a cutlass beside him.
She indicated that the Police conveyed the body of the deceased to Enchi government morgue for preservation while investigations into the case has commenced.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi