{"id":273738,"date":"2011-01-13T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46833"},"modified":"2011-01-13T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T13:46:29","slug":"police-issues-ultimatum-over-muslim-corpses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/13\/police-issues-ultimatum-over-muslim-corpses\/","title":{"rendered":"Police issues ultimatum over &#8216;Muslim&#8217; corpses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-34110\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/21\/builsa-youth-beat-up-policemen\/police_service1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34110\" title=\"police_service1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/police_service1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a>The bodies of six people who died in an accident in Tamale have sparked a  confrontation between the police and the natives of Diari where the  accident occurred.<br \/>\nLast night a mob numbering about 200  overpowered a small team of policemen and took away the corpses for  burial in accordance with Muslim tradition.<br \/>\nThe police say that  the bodies should have been taken to the hospital for autopsy first.  They have instructed that the bodies should be returned by close of day  today.<br \/>\nNorthern Regional Police PRO, Chief Inspector Ebenezer  Tetteh, explaining the fracas to Joy News, said the police contingent of  about six were threatened with death and their vehicle risked burning  if they insisted on taking the bodies to the hospital.<br \/>\n&#8220;The five  bodies that were already in the police car were taken off by the group  and that made us to leave the scene of accident about 1 a.m. this  morning,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nHe said the natives, after confiscating the bodies from the police, carted them away in a cargo truck for burial.<br \/>\nChief  Inspector Tetteh warned the leader of the group will be held liable for  obstructing police inquest into the cause of death of the victims who  he said died of unnatural cause.<br \/>\nThe six died in an accident at  Diari, a village near Tamale in the Northern Region when an articulated  truck and a Kia truck collided.<br \/>\nThe police said four others are in critical condition and are on admission at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.<br \/>\nChief Inspector Tetteh, explaining the incident to Joy News, said the Kia truck bumped into a pot-hole and burst a front tyre.<br \/>\nThe  driver lost control and the truck veered into the lane of the oncoming  articulated truck resulting in the head-on collision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bodies of six people who died in an accident in Tamale have sparked a confrontation between the police and the natives of Diari where the accident occurred. 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