Tag Archives: Mob

Correspondence from Upper East • A suspected thief was arrested by a mob for attempting to steal a motorbike at a spare parts dealership shop • A police patrol team nearby saved the suspect from being lynched • The suspect is said to be on admission at a hospital receiving …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday, June 3, 2021, became the toast of NPP faithful at the funeral rites of former NPP General Secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka Sir John in the Ashanti Regional town of Onoo. Scores of NPP faithful, clad in funeral attire and t-shirts of the late …

For some years, the Western Region Capital of Sekondi-Takoradi has been in the news for various reasons. One of the stories that got national attention is the kidnapping of four young girls by two Nigerian Nationals. Just as residents in the Twin City are contemplating on how to avoid another kidnapping issue, …

Angry mob on Tuesday attacked Kware Divisional Police Station in Sokoto State and lynched a suspected kidnapper. Members of the mob, who are residents of the area, went violent and also set ablaze a car belonging to the Divisional Police Officer and two other police vans. The Command’s Public Relations …

Some residents of Karaga lynched a suspected armed robber to death on Thursday evening after a mobile money vendor was robbed at gunpoint. According to police, five men motorbikes attacked the vendor and robbed him of an unspecified amount of money. One of the robbers was unable to escape and …

Angry mob set three suspected armed robbers ablaze in Warri, Delta State on Tuesday morning, December 8. It was gathered that two members of a 3-man robbery gang were caught after they robbed a house at Emeberin street about 2:am and were set ablaze along Okumagba avenue by Emebiren junction. …

A Toyota 4X4 with registration number BA 1633-19 has been burnt to ashes at Sefwi Afere in the Bodi district of the Western North Region. The car which was set for an engagement ceremony at Sefwi Antobia in Juaboso district was set ablaze by angry mob after the driver identified …

A group of suspects brutally killed five family members in Mount Ayliff in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, police said. Police spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said the mob went to the home at about 1am on Wednesday and called one of the family members outside. As the 55-year-old man came …

A group of community members in Matlala, outside Polokwane, attacked an 18-year-old and set him alight. His body was burnt beyond recognition. Police are on the hunt for a vigilante group after the murder of a Limpopo teen in a mob attack. The 18-year-old’s body was burnt beyond recognition in …

A 24-year-old was nearly lynched by a mob for allegedly stealing quantities of marijuana to sell. The incident occurred Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Kyeremateng Yoyim a farming Community near Nkurakan in Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The farming community is notorious for the cultivation of the substance …