George Lartey has had his middle finger bitten and subsequently chewed off in a fight that ensued between him and a 50-year-old suspect, Kwaku Alluoke, popularly known as Adiepena at Assin Betensinso in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region.
Both victim and the suspect are farmers and the fight is said to have started when the suspect accused the victim of stealing his fowl.
An eyewitness explained to Rich FM’s Obaapa Adwoa Benyiwaa Kwanimaa, that the suspect threatened to kill the victim and kill himself afterwards over the missing fowl.
She said the suspect angrily went to the victim’s house with a gun to engage in a scuffle. The victim in an attempt to disarm the suspect who was so furious in the brawl led them to the ground where the victim’s hand slipped into the suspect’s mouth.
The victim who was bleeding profusely rushed to the police station to lodge an official complaint.
A medical form was therefore issued to him and the suspect was subsequently arrested whiles the unlicensed gun and cartridge were retrieved by the police.
The suspect also sustained injuries and a medical form was issued to him to seek medical attention, whilst the case is under investigation.
Meanwhile, the suspect, Kwaku Alluoke, on his side told Obaapa Kwanimaa the victim had been tormenting his life for some time and that brought about the enmity, adding that the gun he was wielding was damaged with no bullet inside.
He however pleaded with the police to forgive him as he had no negative intention to maim the victim.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
