Two students of the Twifo Praso Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Region have been arrested for lynching a spiritualist.
On Wednesday, August 21, the boys allegedly mobilised a group of friends to attack the spiritualist after he accused one of them of stealing a mobile phone.
A mobile phone belonging to one of the junior students reportedly went missing and the students consulted the spiritualist to help them identify the thief.
The spiritualist, identified as Abdul Latif, reportedly revealed that one of the suspects was behind the theft.
The suspect, who was angered by the accusation, mobilised some friends to attack Abdul Latif on two separate occasions.
After he overpowered them both times, the students called for reinforcement from 10 more friends who ambushed and attacked Abdul Latif for the third time.
This time, they subjected him to severe beatings and torture until he died.
They then dragged the body into a nearby bush and covered it with weed.
After the body was discovered, the residents of Twifo Praso attempted to attack the school in retaliation.
It took the timely intervention of a team from the Central North Regional Police Command to restore calm in the area.
Meanwhile, the police have since retrieved the body and deposited it at the Twifo Praso Government Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
