A 15-year-old male Basic Education Certificate Examniation (BECE) candidate has been slashed to death with a machete by a 17-year-old at Akwapem Adukrom in the Eastern Region.

According to 3news.com, the two, who were childhood friends, were engaged in an argument over GH¢10, which escalated into violence.

“The suspect slapped me and demanded why I had slapped a member of his gang days ago over GH¢10.00. I told my friend who is now deceased what transpired. He demanded we look for the suspect and retaliate. The suspect came with cutlass amid sounds from a nearby taxi and slashed my friend on the shoulder. I had to run for my life,” an eyewitness said, according to the report.

The Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, which received the victim, declared him dead on arrival, with the report stating that he was brought to the facility with blood oozing from his body and cuts on his head and shoulders.

The report added that residents were left in a state of shock, describing the incident among the youthful groups as unwarranted.

Families of the minor are also said to have been in great mourning, while demanding justice.

Meanwhile, the police have arrested three suspects - the owner of the machete, the suspect, and an accomplice.

Investigation and prosecution process has since begun, it added.

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