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16.04.2020 Headlines

Kumasi: 5 Bodies Tested For Covid-19 As Police Dismiss Foul Play

Kumasi: 5 Bodies Tested For Covid-19 As Police Dismiss Foul Play
16.04.2020 LISTEN

The Ashanti region police command says it cannot readily point to criminal or malicious killings regarding the five bodies picked up from different locations in Kumasi.

According to the police, it will be too early to relate the deaths to COVID 19 as their preliminary checks swing closer to narcotic related triggers.

Two of the bodies were picked from the Race Course Market; one was picked from the Sokoban Wood village and the other from the Alabar enclave.

The last, a man in his 60s was found unconscious but died after he was rushed to the Kumasi South Hospital

Ultimate FM’s Isaac Badiako Justice reported that per a briefing from the Regional Coordinating Council and the police, similar calls to these particular spots concerning dead bodies is not out of the ordinary.

Meanwhile, the Ashanti regional directorate of the Ghana Health Service has moved in to take samples to find out the actual cause of death.

---starrfmonline

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