A 34-year-old man suspected to be mentally deranged has set himself ablaze, to avoid arrest after inflicting knife wounds on his father, at Santa Maria, a suburb of Accra.
The fire was quenched and Harry Amponsah, was rushed to the Police Hospital for treatment, but unfortunately, he died on Tuesday.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, the Odorkor Police received a complaint from the father of the suspect on the incident on Saturday.
She said the complaint said that his son Harry had attacked him with a cutlass and inflicted wounds on his left arm.
DSP Tenge said on Tuesday, the complainant led police to his house at Santa Maria to arrest his son after returning from the hospital, where he was receiving treatment.
However, the suspect upon seeing the police, entered his room and locked the door.
DSP Tenge said whilst in his room, police saw smoke emanating from the suspect’s room.
She said when the door was forcibly opened, the suspect was found on his bed in flames with deep knife wound in his stomach.
DSP Tenge said the fire was quenched and Amponsah was rushed to the Police Hospital for treatment where he died. – GNA
