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General News of Saturday, February 2, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-02-02
Joe's body being transferred by police from the scene of the crime
A man in his thirties who raged through Eguafo, a community in the central region, and inflicted multiple machete wounds on four people was found dead in a river, the penis cut off.
The action of Ernest Cudjoe, aka Joe, and his eventual badbadination or death, shocked community residents who had been trying since Wednesday to understand the incident that was increasingly an enigma for them and the police .
Residents and parents say that Joe was not known to have a mental illness, stating that he had acted or was all the normal time.
Investigations to establish whether the deceased was killed or was murdered have already been opened by Elmina police, who confirmed the incident on Ocean1 television.
His body was deposited at Cape Coast University Hospital for an autopsy.
Since then, two of the four victims have treated their wounds and have been discharged, the hospital authorities told our correspondent.
How did that happen?
Kojo Ackah, who is the uncle of the deceased, told Ocean1 TV that he was woken Wednesday at dawn by an announcement from the community information center asking residents to search for Joe.
After investigation, he was informed that Joe had stormed into people the previous night and had wounded four people, including a prophetess, with machetes and left one unconscious.
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Joe first entered Kojo Esuon's room and, without any provocation, allegedly inflicted cuts on his head, neck, legs, arms, and other body parts, leaving him alone. unconscious.
He went to another house where a prophetess, Maame Hannah, slept and hit her several times; twice in both arms as well as his neck. She still had deep machete wounds.
The Prophetess and Esuon, whose wounds were severe, are still hospitalized respectively at Cape Coast University and Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
The following badault was committed against Kofi Alansa and Kojo Blackie, who were injured on the arms and other body parts. They have since been treated and unloaded.
After the four men's attack, Joe escaped into the bush.
Joe's body was discovered in a river without his penis
Joe was found dead and his body floated in a village river around 4 am, without his, without a penis.
Victim's account
The prophetess Hannah recounted that she was asleep around 10:30 pm when the deceased broke into their room with a machete. She said she felt the danger, she shouted for help, but before anyone could help, Joe had inflicted multiple injuries on her.
According to her, earlier in the day, around 5:00 pm, she had met Joe and his nephew. They had exchanged jokes and wondered what had happened when he had attacked her in her room.
Eguafo Abirem Assembly Member Michael Botsio told Ocean1 TV that they could not determine the reasons for Joe's action, especially in cases where no mental disorder was reported or diagnostic.
Dr. Zachariah Mankir from the University of Cape Coast Hospital said the prophetess Hannah had been taken to the hospital before the others arrived.
Considering the conditions of the three and the hospital schedule at the time, he said, they sent the three back to the Cape Coast University Hospital.
Dr. Mankir said efforts were being made to ensure that the prophetess was properly rehabilitated so that she could use her arms effectively because the cuts were very deep.
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