A 20 year old trotro mate in Tamale was found beaten to death by Police in the Metropolis.
Bruises and blood on his body indicated to authorities that he had probably been lynched to death by a group of people.
His body was found following a tip-off to Police.
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The police in the Tamale Metropolis have discovered the body of a 20-year-old man suspected to have been lynched and dumped in a bush near the Tamale abattoir in the Northern Region.
The deceased has been identified as Abdulai Hamid, a driver’s mate and a resident of Kukuo, a suburb of Sagnarigu District.
He said the police proceeded to the scene and found the deceased with bruises and blood on his body, depicting that he had been lynched.
ASP Tanko told Graphic Online that the police suspects that the deceased might had been lynched in the course of the night before the day his body was found in the bush.
He said according to the relatives of the deceased, the deceased left home about a week ago and all attempts by the family to locate him had proved futile.
He said the police have started investigations into the matter.
“So far as we are concerned, he (deceased) has been murdered without any justification and we will find all the perpetrators”, he said, urging the public to volunteer information to the police on the development.