Horror: Fear and panic grips residents of Bolgatanga

The beheaded body at Yaregabisi

Intense fear and panic have gripped residents of Bolgatanga and its adjoining communities following two gory incidences recorded in the past weeks. Most people are now living in terror as people continue to die mysteriously in the municipality. The unfortunate turn of events has provoked security concerns calling for the intervention of security agencies to arrest the situation. The first, incidence was at Tindonmolgo, where a human head was found in an uncompleted building.  Few days after, a lifeless body of a man believed to be in his early forties was also found floating at Yaregabisi, a community in the Bolgatanga municipality.  Narrating the Tindonmolgo case to Radio Ghana, the Regional Public Relations Officer, of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Thomas Agbenyo,  said  last Friday, the police received anonymous calls  indicating that a human head was found in an uncompleted building. The police crime team then went to the scene and found the head in a fertilizer bag partially decomposed. Because of the nature of the area, they could not find the rest of the body. Upon thorough search the police were able to retrieve other parts of the body including the penis and the scrotum all concealed in a fertilizer sack also buried in the room. The next day, other parts of the body as well as items including an amulet were found in different rooms. DSP Agbenyo, said all the parts were sent to the morgue, meanwhile, a 45 year old trader and a native of Tongo , Madam Emma Sombilla, who is the owner of the building where the parts were found, has been detained  by the police for questioning. She has however  denied having anything to do with the horrific incidenct.  Yesterday around 1pm the police was once again invited to witness another gory incident at Yaregabisi, where a headless body found floating on the Kolaa River. The body, which has not yet been identified was in a black and white smock at the time the police got to the scene. An extensive combing was done after the body had been removed from the river. The police during the search around the crime scene came across plywood soaked with blood, an indication that he was slaughtered on it. A long search for the head of the deceased proved futile. The body has since been deposited at the Bolgatanga hospital morgue while investigations are ongoing. DSP Agbenyo, allayed the fears of residents that the police were on high alert to provide adequate security. He added that police patrol and the surveillance team are working tirelessly to provide 24 hour security and urged the public to relay information leading to the arrest of the culprits. As a way forward, DSP Agbenyo, urged the public to exercise personal safety and get back to their homes early. 

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