A 21-year-old man is currently
in Police custody in Tema,
Ghana for attempting to
behead his friend for rituals.
Charles Ashitey, also known as
Zaga was arrested by some
residents of Tema Newtown
after his attempt to behead his
19-year-old friend, Daniel
Norteye, failed. According to
the Police, on 31st July, 2016,
Norteye was tired after a
dance rehearsal and decided to
spend the night in the room of
the suspect...
However, at about 4:00am,
Norteye felt a sharp pain on
his neck. He woke only to see
the suspect, Ayitey holding a
knife and cutting his throat. He
then struggled with suspect,
which resulted in multiple cuts
in the victim’s palm and
abdomen but he was
eventually able to escape with
the knife and was rushed to his
aunt’s house where he was
taken to the Tema Newtown
Police Station to lodge an
official complaint. He was then
taken to the Tema General
Hospital where he was treated
and discharged. Further
investigations in the room of
the suspect revealed a stinking
beheaded snake, egg shells, and
powder, which were sprinkled
around the room. A wooden
doll was also found in the
room as well. When suspect
was asked on how he came by
those items and why he had
sprinkled powder in his room,
he said the snake was for a
friend who was going to eat it
but suspect pleaded with his
friend to give it to him.