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Suspected car snatcher saved from lynching
Tepa, Aug 25, Ghanadot/GNA – A
28-year-old suspected car snatcher ran out of luck when he
failed in a broad daylight attempt to seize an Opel Astra
taxi cab at knife point and was set on by a mob.
The timely intervention by the police saved John Nyadzi from
being lynched and he is now receiving medical attention at
the Tepa Government Hospital in the Ahafo-Ano North District
under a 24-hour police guard.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Adu Boahen, Tepa
Divisional Crime Officer, told the Ghana News Agency that
they received a distress call from a Good Samaritan at about
1030 hours on August 24 that a mob was on the verge of
meting out instant justice to a suspected robber and quickly
moved in.
On arrival, he said, they found the suspect badly beaten and
took him to hospital.
Nyadzi was said to have forced open the door of the cab,
pulled a knife at a mechanic who was behind the steering
wheel and demanded that he surrendered the ignition key.
The mechanic Sumaila Issifu would not be intimidated by the
threat and sent a hefty blow to the face of the robber that
dazed him.
Having rendered Nyadzi weak, he raised the alarm, attracting
a crowd that pounced on him, punching, kicking and hitting
him with every object they laid hands on.
The Divisional Crime Officer said the suspect would be put
before court.
GNA
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