KNUST Student Loses Life At Suame, Stabbed Multiple Times In Fight Over T-Shirt

• A Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology student has died after being stabbed during a misunderstanding
• The KNUST student had been accused of stealing a T-shirt, which led to a fight between him and a suspect
• The stabbing incident took place at Kronum-Kwapra in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region

A second-year Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology student, Lambert Frimpong, has died after being stabbed multiple times during a fight over a missing T-shirt.

According to reports, the stabbing took place on the evening of Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Kronum-Kwapra in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

Frimpong, who was studying politics and history in school, had been accused of stealing the shirt.

“A lady in the house narrated that a quarrel ensued, and the suspect threatened to kill him. Later, he stabbed him multiple times with a knife when the argument became heated," the assembly member for Kronum-Kwapra, Pius Acheampong, said.

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He was eventually declared dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

The Ashanti Region Police are reportedly on a manhunt for the suspect. On Sunday, they invited some members of the deceased's community to assist in the investigation.

At the time of the incident, Frimpong was preparing to return to school to write his semester exams.

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Death at Bekwai

YEN.com.gh has reported on a separate incident in the Ashanti Region, where the daughter of the Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive was found dead.

The deceased, identified as Akua Serwaa Kyei, was believed to be 30 years old.

The incident occurred at Bebu near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, where the assailants attacked Serwaa on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

Husband of deceased speaks on incident

Kyei's husband disclosed that their living room and bedroom were ransacked on the day his wife died.

He said he arrived home around 5:30 pm to find his wife lying unconscious at the back of their house and rushed her to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead on arrival.

According to him, the police said they did not find signs of violence or gunshot wounds, as initial reports had held.

Source: YEN.com.gh