5-Year-Old Boy’s Fingers Chop Off – A 5-year-old boy is on the close to losing three fingers after his uncle’s wife cut them open with a knife while allegedly trying to steal fish from soup.
A nursing mother is said to have inflicted injuries on the victim, Akwasi Alex Ofos, in Wisiwisi, Kwahu West Municipality, Eastern Region.
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“Yesterday around 6:30, I heard Kwasi crying loudly, so I asked Sister Ama to enquire why he was crying and what had occurred, she replied that she had slashed off his fingers for stealing fish from her soup.
“I followed up by asking her if she had used a knife or a blade, to which she replied, ‘knife’ So I remarked, Sister Ama, you’re wicked. I then called the boy and along with another tenant gave him first aid,” a neighbour is quoted to have said.
A second witness also added, “What I saw yesterday is that the woman chopped the boy’s fingers with a knife. One of my sisters was braiding her hair at the place and she heard the youngster crying so she asked him to come.
“Even though the aunt tried to stop him from coming, the sister insisted and when the boy arrived, we saw that three of his fingers had been cut.”
The victim reportedly had just lost his mother, and when he was living with his uncle and wife, she treated him cruelly.
The boy was taken to hospital for treatment, Angel FM reports.
