Wife allegedly butchers husband in deadly fight over charcoal money
Kweku Blankson was allegedly killed by his wife on Wednesday in a farming community in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. Isaac Panyin Mensah, a resident of Ekumfi Asaman, said "While the man was asleep yesterday, the woman went to their kitchen, took the husband's sharpened cutlass, and started butchering the husband while he was asleep."
The suspect, identified as Auntie Esi, 40, reportedly attacked her husband following a dispute over the finances of their joint charcoal business. The couple had reportedly been at loggerheads after Auntie Esi accused Mr. Blankson of a lack of transparency regarding the proceeds from their latest batch of charcoal. The argument escalated into a physical altercation, during which the husband allegedly assaulted the wife. Mr. Blankson was first rushed to the Mankessim Hospital and then referred to the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital.
Medical authorities at the Winneba facility pronounced Kweku Blankson dead upon arrival. The body of Kweku Blankson has been deposited at the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
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A farming community in Ekumfi is reeling after a charcoal producer was allegedly attacked by his wife. The couple had been fighting over money from their business - but no one expected this.
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