Information reaching DAILY GUIDE yesterday indicated that two women – Monica Owusu and Elizabeth – had died because of an alleged cheating partner at Akyem Kusi near Akwatia in the Eastern Region.
Sources confirmed that Elizabeth was staying with the man believed to be a galamsey operator and left to visit her mother. Upon her return home, Elizabeth purportedly spotted Monica lying on her lover’s bed, while he had gone to do the galamsey (illegal mining) business.
According to the sources, Elizabeth went and took a container said to contain fuel and poured the content on Monica and set her ablaze together with the mattress.
DAILY GUIDE gathered that Monica shouted and attracted residents to the scene. The people reportedly got infuriated about the action of Elizabeth and allegedly assaulted her to the point of unconsciousness before some police officers from Akwatia surfaced on the scene. She later died at the hospital.
An eyewitness, who confirmed the incident, told DAILY GUIDE that “The guy and his girlfriend have settled here (Kusi) and they are into galamsey. But the guy had gone in for another girl behind his woman. When the woman saw her rival in bed she immediately struck her and set her on fire while she was still bleeding.”
He added, “But the residents heard of what she had done, pounced on her and beat her up until she became helpless.”
DAILY GUIDE learnt that two police officers who got to the scene to arrest those attacking Elizabeth sustained some injuries.
When contacted, the Akwatia police said their outfit had commenced investigations into the matter.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the women have been taken to the Akwatia St Dominic’s Hospital pending autopsy.
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