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A 37-year-old man was stoned in Tema for allegedly stealing a cat.
The deceased identified as Abdullah Gedo and popularly known as Duley, was found lying in a pool of blood with a dead cat and concrete slabs beside him.
This was after some people suspected of being residents of Jerusalem, a suburb of Tema Newtown in Accra lynched him for stealing the cat.
Eyewitnesses said the incident happened at dawn on Sunday when a group of young men patrolling the community stumbled upon two suspects with a cat in their possession.
The young men, seeing them, became furious that cat theft had become rampant in the community and therefore decided to stone them.
While Duley met his untimely death during the incident, his accomplice was able to escape.
Duley’s family have indicated that they have yet to come to terms with the incident.
They are also asking the police to investigate the matter and get the culprits to record.
Meanwhile, Duley’s body has been deposited in the police hospital morgue while his accomplice is still at large.
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