Police say suspects are deaf and dumb

Police said on Thursday that two men mistaken for thieves at the Trust Hospital in Accra and taken into police custody last Saturday are deaf and dumb.

Police said their investigations have revealed that the men went to the premises of the hospital to solicit for alms and not to steal.

The two men, who are from a deaf and dumb institution, were seen in the conference room of the Trust Hospital by staff who called in the Cantonments Police.