3 suspects in the murder of final year Omess student arrested
Three teenagers connected to the murder of the final student of Oppong Memorial SHS have been arrested. The mother of the deceased, 19-year old Richard Appiah, says only the arrest and subsequent prosecution of the suspects will appease the family.
It has been confirmed that two of the arrested three teenagers happens to be brothers. The parents of the suspects played a major role in the arrest of their children for their involvement in the murder.
Reports claim that Police are on the lookout for more suspects involved in the killing of the student. Richard Appiah, 19, died of stabbed wounds.
“Yesterday we had three. One of them confessed that he was the one who threw the broken bottle at the guy [deceased]. We are after three of them who have absconded and are at large,” said Bekwai District Police Commander, DSP Teddy Damptey-Brown.
The mother of the deceased who has been identified as Madam Florence Boahemaa on Monday appealed to the Police to bring the killers of her third child to justice
“I am grateful to all of you for the support. To the Police, I thank them for the good work done. I will appeal to them not to renege until all the boys are brought to book. The pain is too much,” she observed.
The family wants the Ghana Education Service to support them financially in the investigations and organization of the funeral of the deceased.
Richard Adu, an uncle of the deceased, said that neither representatives from GES nor the Ministry of Education nor even the Municipal Chief Executive of the area have visited the bereaved family.
“We are appealing to GES and the Education Ministry to come to our aid. They should support us to perform an autopsy because the family cannot afford this.
“If we don’t hear from GES and the Education Ministry this week, then we will be forced to relinquish the body to the state.
“Though we don’t know much about law, we know one thing: Our son left for school alive. The incident did not happen at home but rather in school.
“Despite this, no one from either GES or the Education Ministry has been here to console us,” he stressed.
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