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Farmer dies in
murder suicide attempt
Anyinamso Number Two (Ash), Aug. 7,
Ghanadot/GNA - Kwasi Mensah,32, a farmer at Anyinamso
Number Two in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti
Region died after taking a poisonous substance suspected to
be DDT.
He is believed to have forced the girlfriend, Ayishatu
Mohammed, 16, to also take the substance.
A police source told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Nkawie
on Tuesday that, the deceased who was reported to have
picked up a quarrel with his girlfriend, forced the girl to
drink the substance to end their lives.
The source said Ayishatu mastered courage and ran to her
parents to inform them about the ordeal and was immediately
given a quantity of palm oil which forced her to vomit.
She was then rushed to the Nkawie-Toase Government Hospital
where she is currently on admission.
The source said Mensah, who thought Ayishatu would die also
drunk the substance but was conveyed to the Nkawie-Toase
Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police are investigating the incident.
GNA
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