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Boy, 17, stabs mum to death

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  • hh 10 years ago

    "charity begins at home". I think this is big advice to the Ghanaian community abroad. its very sad indeed!!. May her soul rest in peace.

  • JohnOpoku 10 years ago

    Murder is never justitified however it is in our sh!t Ghanaian culture to be heavy handed with children. From nursery school over discipline (killing the creative spark for life) and on through life. Contract this with the Ge ...
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  • OB 10 years ago

    How can you be so speculative?

  • Abdul 10 years ago

    I wonder if ou have ever raised a child in Ghana or abroad. Not all Ghanaians are abusive. Europe and t USA for that matter are challenging places to raise children, expecially immigrant children, thank God I have raised adul ...
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  • BOWONDA 10 years ago

    Master John Opoku, are you confused? You are saying that the Ghanaian Culture is 'heavy handed' but you should have known how strict the German system is! The so-called 'Presbyterian Discipline' that we know of in Ghana is f ...
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  • SHAKA 10 years ago

    Your reply to john is on point

  • AMA 10 years ago

    Well written and right on point.

  • vida ofosu-yeboah 10 years ago

    i hate what john poku said u don,t even know anything about helina do not speculate she is my sister right behind me she never abuse any of her kids. you ghanians talk shit about stuff u know nothing about .zip it

  • SHAKA 10 years ago

    Lady Vida those of us who are parents of teenagers here in Diaspora sympathize and can relate to your sister's demise. So please do mot let bofoons like opoku entice you to stereotype you fellow Ghanaians.

  • Jorn Van Brobbey 10 years ago

    John, somehow l am inclined to support all the points you raised. I remember when l was a kid, I loved to draw and we had this man who used to visit my dad and upon seeing me drawing, would always tell me' instead of reading ...
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  • AMA 10 years ago

    John Van Brobbey, are you going to kill your parents because of what a friend of theirs said? You know very little about life then.

  • John Opoku 10 years ago

    Van B, this is a very very familiar story what you went through. I know one guy who wAs abused and put down for loving to draw. Guess what? He is one of the top architects in Ghana now!

    Who knows what happened in this f ...
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  • Kofi A 10 years ago

    I am finding difficult to comprehend your jump to conclusion and the very well thought analysis of Ghana abusive culture. You have to understand no two situation are exactly the same. I do not know whether you have observed G ...
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  • Lazu 10 years ago

    weitin be dis

  • Kenny Logan 10 years ago

    This is simply a result of over papering of children abroad under the disguise of loving them. Kids abroad have too much freedom. " Train the child the way to go so when he grows.......

  • AMA CANADA 10 years ago

    Is a very sad story I have no tis family for so long n never knew Sidney could do tis e work of e devil.my prayer is with the family espescially Nana KWame n e kids n may maa Helena soul rest in peace n am pleading with who e ...
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  • maame 10 years ago

    Very sad. He cannot buy another mother. I pity the murderer. He must be in agony snd regrets already. I pray for the children. God comfort them may helen rest in perfect peace

  • abuay 10 years ago

    stupid boy!

  • BUKOM MAN 10 years ago

    REMOVE HIM FROM GERMANY

  • Bechemniiba(Paris) 10 years ago

    And where was the father? Ghanaian women as a result of their non respect
    for their husbands,infedility, prostitution,unneccessary desirs,blind
    born again beliefs,superstitious beliefs find every dubious means to sent away ...
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  • Togbe -Toronto 10 years ago

    These mothers just want our sperm to make babies, drives men away, make
    the kids hate their fathers, and succeeds in enjoying child support from the govt, but life is not all about money!!!

  • maame 10 years ago

    You are foolish, heartless and irresponsble.

  • vida ofosu-yeboah 10 years ago

    togbe toronto you are stupid n dumb shut your mouth u don,t know my sister n her husband. its a trajedy that can happen to anybody pray it never happen to u fool.

  • KWAME, BELGIUM 10 years ago

    wHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH SEND HIM TO GHANA? The boy is a German citizen because he is born in MEERBUSCH, where they live.

  • koffi parker 10 years ago

    "He is product of Germany why Ghana.this nonsense will never happen in Ghana, lack of discipline,apparently single mom with three kids to take care.Tension has build up over the course of time.Rest in Peace sisi

  • delia 10 years ago

    A 24 year old recently killed his mum in Accra and a girl also killed the mum. So what do you mean by this will never happen in Ghana? read Ghanaian news. It is the same.

  • koffi parker 10 years ago

    17 year old not 24 year old, thats the difference between a man and a teenager

  • Alhaji Mor 10 years ago

    Parents who maltreat their children out of fustration must read and learn a lesson from this .What goes on in your children's head cannot Bed known. It is you duty to love your children no matter how sturbon they become.

  • Diasporan 10 years ago

    There is no evidence in the article that the boy was maltreated by his mother. Contrary to your conclusion, it is possible that the mother, as most mothers do in Obroniland, loved her son too much, spoilt him, and turned him ...
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  • FOYOOSIS 10 years ago

    The father might have parted with the family and gone to rent a new apartment in order to allow the mother to enjoy what they call in Germany "kinder geld" as a single mother,lol.

    However, this is a sad incident and it sur ...
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  • AMA CANADA 10 years ago

    Father was on vacation in ghana. They all live together as one big family .his mum was only trying to protect him
    He was not pampered nor hated the mum n dad r all from one hometown in ksi

  • FOYOOSIS 10 years ago

    Ama, thanks for the proof and piece of information you've shared, you seem conversant with the family than one might have thought.

    Do accept my heartfelt condolences and i pray the lord guide you in this difficult moment a ...
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  • Mama marie 10 years ago

    Hmmm so bad may she rest in peace

  • Maa 10 years ago

    Hmmm so bad.

  • Nana Asamoa 10 years ago

    jail in for life.

  • Kofi Asor 10 years ago

    Children in the Western world are spoilt in the name of freedom. How can children dictate to their parents what they like to do and allowed to do it in the name of love and freedom

  • JB Ansong 10 years ago

    Kofi Asor,

    There's something you need to know about the Western System: there is no time the system allow a parent to cane/maltreat a child as punishment. The ONLY thing a parent could legally do to train their childen is ...
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  • Obaa Yaa 10 years ago

    If a child misbehaves and is disciplined obroni says it is maltreatment. That is what comes out of
    Child rights without responsibility. I pity the our kids.

  • Kast 10 years ago

    Women should learn that a boy gets his identity from his father. If you drive the man away, u can't act as a role model for the boy - especially in Europe- where the extended family is virtually non existent.
    Women should d ...
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  • ...... 10 years ago

    a warning to these emaa kokoni(rooster ladies)who have driven their husbands from their lives and taking charge in the house these are useless things that will happen in the house. where is the father? a man will always reap ...
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  • .com 10 years ago

    I believe if you have a father in the house who is abusive and and dont treat their families with love by all means kick him to the curb!

  • Bro Akumah 10 years ago

    This is exactly what the so called Human rights guys are breeding in Ghana over the next ten years. Just Read my lips Now that you cant even send your kid. This wholesale imprtation of stupid foriegn cultures in the Name of ...
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  • OTUMFUO 10 years ago

    (SAA ABOFRA YI YE ABOROKYIRE AKODAA,WONKA WASEM)E! GHANAFO MOHUNU,THE SAME CHILDREN ARE EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE BECAUSE THE FAMILY THINK THEIR CHILDREN ARE SUPPERIOR THAN WE PEOPLE WHO WAS BORN IN GHANA,(AAAAAA!EBA A NA EYO).

  • Obideeaba, Belgium 10 years ago

    Say that again my brother.

  • KWAME 10 years ago

    OH SWEET MOTHER MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE GOD THANK YOU FOR HER LIFE

  • Obideeaba, Belgium 10 years ago

    Am not really surprise at some behaviors of the teenage in Europe. Some women will do anything to sack their man from the house because of the so called child support the Government give to single parents.Some of us the men a ...
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  • Tolobeefi 10 years ago

    I remember once at the age of 11, I had a squabble with my big sister and to scare her I broke a beer bottle daring her to come near me. Honestly if she has approached me I would have thrown away the bottle and taken to my he ...
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  • We reap what we sow 10 years ago

    Say cheers to your mom and sisters for me. You sound like a well adjusted individual, your mom and sisters did a good job

  • Komlan Agbeko 10 years ago

    Oh my! that was good one. Thank your family for you. African discipline is the best!

  • Benny 10 years ago

    If u throw away the man from the house the children take command. Where is the father

  • David, Nyamaa 10 years ago

    May she rest in Peace.
    Mother an Asante and father an Akyem! The irresponsible, selfish, egotistical and intellectually lazy tribes in Ghana. They always think money first, arrogant and boastful and if I cannot have my ways ...
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  • Kofi A 10 years ago

    You are a fool. You seized on a misfortune to show your bigoted selfish self to promote tribalism. Asante and akyem are intellectually lazy, and you and intelligent superior tribe stoop so low to promote tribalism.
    The probl ...
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  • XTIAN 10 years ago

    This is pure democracy and child right. that is what the world wants now. No disciplining of children at home and school. Very sad news.

  • Damango - USA 10 years ago

    Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire family. May God continue to give them peace throughout this difficult time.

  • JohnOpoku 10 years ago

    Murder is never justitified however it is in our sh!t Ghanaian culture to be heavy handed with children. From nursery school over discipline (killing the creative spark for life) and on through life. Contract this with the ...
    read full comment

  • OB 10 years ago

    What do know about this family?

  • Abdul 10 years ago

    Obroni, you're still a Ghanaian and Black, I wonder if you have ever raised a child abroad or Ghana. Wait until you raise your child to adulthood. I wonder if you even know why he stabbed his mom.

  • BOWONDA 10 years ago

    Don't mind this arrogant black fool who thinks that being in Europe makes you better than every African. May the Good Lord have mercy on your rotten soul John Opoku!. Read my earlier comment. Is this the same 'Civilized Europ ...
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  • peprah Attah Nti 10 years ago

    we are very sad for such incidents,sorry my great sister.may you rest in peace

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  • onipanua 10 years ago

    why this boy do that? come and take my mom as ur mom.

  • Prince 10 years ago

    Some time I wonder how Ghanians can be quick to judge, Akosua Gyasiwaah Brempong, is a happily married woman, she studied in Germany, got married there and had a kids there, contrary to the speculations of people here saying ...
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  • Nana Yaa Chicago 10 years ago

    No way this is a scam,
    you talking about akosua gyasiwaa opong..you wrong..

  • Nana Yaa Chicago 10 years ago

    Guys stop bringing this semi ilitrates to overseas they ey wasteful,Ghanaian women are in the rise on child support issues,and they dont cre about the welfair of the kid,
    i felt very sorry and my heart is broken for Mrs Brep ...
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  • Kofi A 10 years ago

    Whaaat? Are you educated?? You cannot put together proper sentence but you are spewing nonsense about illiterate?

  • Stone fire 10 years ago

    Is the boy mad.

  • Nana Yaa Chicago 10 years ago

    Can you redifine MAD,?
    up set, or angry,
    inthis cas it's a juvenile Psychatric Issue of whic Most Africans can'r accepted, and it's a big issue,
    you say MAD.I may say Inane /Lunatic problems..Sure you got it..

  • Maame 10 years ago

    Idiots saying what they dont know.
    5
    The boy was being wayward tru bad frds n like every caring n loving mum, couldn't bear seeing her son spoilt. But he thinking the world belongs to him killed t mum as the dad was on ho ...
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  • Joe,london 10 years ago

    This is what you should expect in societies which make disciplining children,even your own child a criminal offence.I bet you this child will be given just a slap on the wrist by the german criminal justice system.The authori ...
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  • KOO 10 years ago

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  • .com 10 years ago

    THis is sad tragedy, may she rest in peace my prayers go the family at this difficult time

  • AKWELE 10 years ago

    A child who kills his own mother, can kill anybody else. what a shame. Now the siblings will be left without a mother. May her soul rest in peace.

  • GOD'S CHILD 10 years ago

    GHANAIANS WE NEED GOD TO HAVE MERCY UPON US.THIS IS THE WORK OF THE DEVIL,BELOVED WE NEED TO COMMMIT OUR LIFES TO GOD,EVERY PARENT PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN,VERY VERY SAD,MY HEART GOES TO THE FAMILY MAY G ...
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  • mama 10 years ago

    you love them unconditionally the day you conceive and continue to love them even in your death.
    May her soul RIP,