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Man stabs brother and commits suicide shortly after

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Information that has reached the front desks of Ghpage.com indicates a 53-year-old man, Batori Gbari who stabbed his 56-year-old elder brother on his chest to death has also committed suicide shortly after.

According to police sources, Gbari(suspect) allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab his elder brother, Tinye to death after a misunderstanding, and later hang himself on a Shea tree in Kenyire, a small community in the Nadowli District.

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Inspection on his body revealed a cut on his chest. The body was then sent to the Upper West regional hospital for autopsy.

 The body of the suspect, Batori Gbari was however found on Saturday February 22,  hanging from a tree behind his place of abode at Kanyini.

The police report said, “The Kaleo Police received the information on Friday, that at around 6:30 pm, the suspect, Gbari used a kitchen knife, stabbed his 56-year-old real brother, Tinye Kummunri after a slight misunderstanding and fled into a nearby bush”.

The report said the Police proceeded to the scene of the crime and met the deceased elder brother lying in a supine position in a pool of blood where inspection on the body revealed a cut on the chest.

The statement said the body was conveyed and deposited at the Wa Government Hospital mortuary pending an autopsy, whilst efforts were being made to arrest suspect Gbari from his hideout for investigations.

The statement said whiles the police were making efforts to arrest the suspect, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at 0830 hours, the Police had information from Kenyire that Gbari has been found hanging on a tree behind his place of abode at Kenyire.

It said the “Police again proceeded to the scene and found the suspect hanging on a shea nut tree behind the said house by a reddish nylon rope, and presumed to be dead, dressed in a yellow ‘T’ shirt over a black pair of trousers without any marks of violence”.

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According to the statement said the body was conveyed to the Regional Hospital, Wa where he was pronounced dead by a Medical Officer and the body has since been deposited at the hospital mortuary for further investigations.

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