The Odorkor District Police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man, Mr Eric Appiah, who was allegedly killed by his father last Thursday at Sampaman, near the Weija barrier, in Accra.

Sources at the district crime office told the Ghana News Agency that Eric's father, Yaw Appiah, 54, who lives with his wife Sarah Donkor at Sampaman had a misunderstanding with her during which he assaulted her.

Eric stepped in to rescue his mother but his father stabbed him on the cheek with a sharp object.

The police source said he became unconscious and was taken to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The police are yet to retrieve the murder weapon, but have preferred a provisional charge of murder against Yaw Appiah.