Man Lynched At Funeral In Tamale

Musah Yussif,45 has been lynched by some youth at a funeral grounds at Agric, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region.

Information gathered by DGN Online indicates that the deceased had some misunderstandings with another person at the funeral grounds and so he went home and came back with a gun and started shooting to the crowd.

Some mourners at the funeral grounds sustained various degrees of injuries which resulted in an attack on Mr. Yussif which led to his death.

The Northern Region Crime Officer, Supt. Bernard Baba Ananga, who confirmed the incident to journalists said preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was lynched.

He also disclosed that five other persons sustained gunshot wounds and that three are in critical condition at the Tamale Teaching hospital receiving treatment.

Supt. Ananga, however, said a Subchief Kanbong Naa who is alleged to have had an issue with the deceased has been invited to assist the police in their investigation.

He called on residents of Agric to volunteer information to assist the police in their investigations.

FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale

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