Traditional Priest brutally butchers 3 people at Baniekrom
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A 36-year-old fetish priest, known only as Komfo Osman, has been accused of allegedly butchering three men at Baniekrom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region. Komfo Osman reportedly stormed the community with a gang and began inflicting machete wounds on men in the area without any exception.
One of the victims, identified as Komfo Medal, 25, had four of his fingers severely cut off by the priest, with the two other victims, yet to be identified, sustaining multiple machete wounds. The three victims are currently receiving treatment at the Mankranso Government Hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, the sad incident, which occurred on Monday, April 3, 2023, was a reprisal attack on the part of the priest. Residents in the area narrated the incident to OTEC News Jacob Agyenim Boateng, stating that Komfo Osman had engaged in a number of suspected criminal activities since arriving in the community two years ago, including alleged kidnapping of a girl, multiple cases of beating up community members with his gang, and threatening people with a live gun.
Residents claimed that, just recently, some young men believed to be workers of the fetish priest went on a rampage and attacked a resident of Barniekrom, leaving him with multiple wounds. The victim mobilized some men and destroyed the house of the priest, including his gods. Komfo Osman allegedly returned to the community with some thugs and started attacking any man they met on the street, resulting in the brutal butchering of three men.
The residents blamed police officers in the area for the unfortunate incident, claiming that all cases of the alleged criminal acts of the priest reported to the police had been left unattended to. They also suspected that the police at Mankranso were partnering with the fetish priest, as they had refused to arrest him in most of his unlawful acts.
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