The man was later identified as Israel Agyei Manu, a teacher in a private school at Atonsu in Kumasi. He was also working on part time basis as a cabdriver [online hailing cabbie].
The Feyiase community in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region was on Sunday, (July 4, 2021) afternoon thrown into a state of shock when a headless body of a man believed to be in his mid-thirties was found in front of an uncompleted building at Feyiase New Site.
The man was later identified as Israel Agyei Manu, a teacher in a private school at Atonsu in Kumasi.
He was also working on part time basis as a cabdriver [online hailing cabbie].
Police suspect he was killed by some unknown assailants who requested for his services.
The incident has thrown the community into a state of fear and panic as it was the first time such an incident was being recorded in the area.
His head was found meters away from the body with his mobile phone and wallet.
A Toyota Vitz vehicle with registration number GE 3170-21 believed to be his was also found at the crime scene.
Assemblyman
The Assemblyman for the Feyiase Electoral Area, Mr Samuel Yaw Kwae told the media that he received a phone call around 2pm on Sunday that a decapitated body had been found lying in front of an uncompleted building at Feyiase New Site.
He said he informed the police and together they went to the scene and found the body without the head.
Mr Kwae said the team searched the area and found the head about 200 meters away from where the body was lying.
The head had wounds suspected to have been inflicted by a machete.
The deceased was said to be visiting his fiancée at Feyiase when he had a request for a trip and decided to drop them off.
The body has since been deposited at the morgue of the St Michael Hospital at Pramso.
