Angry Mob Lynches Killer

An angry mob on Thursday evening lynched a mechanic who allegedly slashed the throat of an 18-year-old securityman at Kwashieman in Accra.

The incident, which occurred near the main Kwashieman Motorway at about 1730 hours during the Africa Under-20 soccer match between Ghana's Black Satellites and the Flying Eagles of Nigeria in Ethiopia on television, caused a two-hour traffic jam on the motorway, forcing some passengers to walk to their homes.

Hundreds of people thronged the scene of the incident to catch a glimpse of the securityman and the mechanic who lay separately around the motorway and the Christ Mission School.

Eyewitness told the Ghana News Agency that the mechanic, who was identified as Oko, earlier in the day had a scuffle with his victim, Yaw Martin, of Top Shine Security.

The eyewitness said as the securityman was getting ready to go to work, he met Oko who allegedly had a mental problem and asked him why he (Oko) had been threatening to kill him.

The eyewitnesses said as they exchanged words, Oko pulled out a jack knife that was tied to Martin's waist and accidentally inflicted a deep cut on his stomach from which he bled profusely.

Oko later attacked Martin as he attended to his wound, slashed his neck and took to his heels.

Someone, however, alerted the crowd watching the football match and some of them chased Oko and lynched him.

A sister of Martin, who gave her name only as Vida, on Friday denied knowledge of any scuffle between her brother and the mechanic.

"I was only informed of my brother's death at work on Thursday evening," she said as she sobbed.

The Police have conveyed both bodies to the Police Hospital while investigations continue.