Family of five found dead in suspected acid attack
Residents of Yawkyeremakro, a suburb of Koforidua were gripped with awe when they woke up at about 6am Wednesday to find an entire household of a couple and three children dead.
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The deceased, Kwasi Asare (50), his wife whose name was only given as Jane (45) and their three children aged 15, eleven and four respectively were all found dead with their fore skins peeled off in their rented chamber and hall apartment at Yawkyeremakro.
Some of the residents who stood in shock at the premises with some unable to hold their tears said they suspected an acid attack.
Narrating the incident to Graphiconline, the landlord of the compound house, Comfort Boateng, explained they woke up by 6am only to be alarmed by a passer-by who had walked by the window of the deceased family and found their window nets torn in a suspicious state.
According to Comfort the passer-by said she peeped through the window inquisitively and saw a lifeless body of Jane and so rushed into the house to inform the landlord what she had seen.
This caused the landlord and other tenants to break into the chamber and hall apartment only to find the entire family dead with their skins peeled off.
Comfort said they quickly called the New Juaben Police command who arrived after a few minutes to pick up the bodies of the couple and their three children.
The police said they have sent the bodies to the Police Hospital in Accra for forensic examination pending other investigations.
