A 10-year-old fourth-grade student (name withheld) from Mankessim Anglican School in the Central Region narrowly escaped an assassination attempt after testifying as a witness in a theft case at the Mankessim District Court.
The victim had testified in a case involving an individual named Majeed, whom she and her friends had allegedly seen stealing a tricycle that had been reported missing for several days in the area.
On Monday around 8:30 am, while at school, the young girl complained of a headache and asked her teacher for permission to go home for medication.
On her way home, she was attacked by three masked assailants.
The attackers attempted to harm her, tying her mouth and hands in an unfinished building. However, while trying to bind her legs, they noticed people approaching the building and fled to avoid being detected.
The rescued victim was found in her school uniform, with her mouth covered with a handkerchief and her hands tied with a lemon-colored rope.
In an interview, Beatrice Daamoah, the victim’s mother, revealed that she had often seen the accused thief pointing her daughter out to his friends as the girl who testified against him in court.
She added that, fearing for her daughter’s safety, she reported the situation to the CID officer handling the case. Although the officer warned the suspect, he continued to intimidate her daughter multiple times.
The incident has been reported to the Mankessim Police Command, which has begun an investigation.