Police investigate burning of 3 persons to death over cattle theft in Navrongo

Police in the Upper East Region has started investigating the alleged burning of three persons at Biu, a Navrongo suburb, who were accused of stealing cattle.

The police say that residents of the community caught the suspected thieves, identified as 40-year-old Peter Ayeleguni and 28-year-old Emmanuel Kofi Sewor, and set them ablaze. The third victim is yet to be identified.

Public Relations Officer of the Upper East Regional Police, ASP David Fianko-Okyere told Accra-based Citi News that the bodies of the victims were burnt beyond recognition.

“When we received that particular information, the police proceeded to the scene and found these three bodies that have been burnt beyond recognition,” he noted.

The bodies have since been conveyed to the Wall Memorial Hospital in Navrongo for preservation and autopsy.

The police have in the meantime, cautioned the public against such activities, given that it remains an obstruction of justice and is against Ghana’s laws.

“The advice from the police to the public is that under no personal circumstances should someone or a group of persons be lynched; not to talk of burning them beyond recognition.”