Residents Subjected Thieves to Brutalities, One Dead, Other Begs For Bread and Porridge
The Police rescued the suspects and sent them to the Eastern Regional Hospital but one was pronounced dead.
Joana Somiah 
Some angry residents of Betom, a suburb of Koforidua in the New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern region of Ghana, have brutalized two suspects captured for allegedly attempting to steal aluminium cooking pots.
The incident occurred on Tuesday dawn at Betom a suburb of Koforidua.
The two victims and another accomplice who managed to escape were allegedly arrested by some youth attempting to steal big aluminium cooking pots belong to a chop bar operator at Betom.
The mob chased and managed to arrest two of the Suspects and beat them to a pulp.
The mob allegedly nailed the suspects and inflicted knife wounds on them and dragged them to the roadside.
Sensing the danger that the suspects may die, the mob dragged and abandoned them at the Apenteng Hall area which is just a distance from the scene.
One of the suspects pleaded for water, porridge, and bread, which a Good Samaritan among the passersby provided him.
Police subsequently came to their rescue and sent them to the Eastern Regional Hospital where one was reportedly pronounced dead.
Many residents worried by the increase in burglary and theft cases in New Juaben have vowed to subject suspected robbers to instant justice.
A few months ago, a 25-year-old man was lynched at Koforidua Adweso Mile -50 for alleged robbery.
William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent
