[ 2017-03-21 ]

'The deceased left at about 8 pm when they were preparing for the hunting and did not return'

Bimbilla: Teenager, 18, shoots himself dead
An 18-year-old man with no records of psychiatric
disorder shot himself to death Monday night at
Sangnayili, a remote community near the Nanumba
North District capital, Bimbilla.

Nwelgnel Yegbaja, a Konkomba resident allegedly
shot himself in the left rib with a local gun at a
farmland plunging residents into a state of
mourning, days after another death was recorded in
the area.

Assembly member for the Juo electoral area, Alfred
Nchima, called the police after the deceased was
found lying face down in a pool of blood.

Narrating the incident to the police, brother of
the deceased said they had planned a routine night
hunting of birds before the deceased quietly left
the house at his blindside.

He said the deceased left at about 8 pm when they
were preparing for the hunting and did not return
until a search party found him dead in a bush with
his weapon beside him.

He told the police he strongly believed his
brother committed suicide but was surprised
because he had no records of mental disorder.

The body has since being deposited at the Bimbila
Government Hospital morgue and the police are
investigating the circumstances leading to the
death.

District Crime Officer ASP Ebenezer Peprah who
confirmed the incident to Starr News said they
have launched an investigation into the matter.

According to him, suicide cases are uncommon in
the district and that they will interrogate
broadly to unravel what prompted the incident.

Source - Starrfmonline.com

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