A 16-year-old student of the Nkwadum D/A Junior High School in the Akontombra District of the Western North region has met her untimely death after she was stabbed in the breast by a 15-year-old JHS 2 schoolmate.
According to myjoyonline.com, the teenagers were fighting over an alleged boyfriend when one of them, unfortunately, lost her life in the process.
The body of the deceased, identified as Akua Kumah, has been deposited at the Sefwi-Wiawso Government Hospital for autopsy, the news website reports.
Meanwhile, the suspect, Francisca Hayford, is reported to be in police custody at Sefwi-Akontombra assisting with investigations.
The Assemblyman for Nkwadum Electoral Area, Isaac Etsie, said that a misunderstanding ensued between the two students while returning from school on Monday, leading to the sad death of one.
“I was informed on Monday evening that two students were having a fight, and during the fisticuffs, the 15-year-old in JHS 2 stabbed the 16-year-old in JHS 3 in the breast,” he said, as quoted by myjoyonline.com.
The news outlet further reported a physician assistant at the Sefwi Nsawora Health Centre, Charles Kwabena Amoako, to have said that the victim was brought in dead.
He added that Akua Kumah was stabbed in the chest, causing her to bleed to death.
