{"id":391959,"date":"2011-04-23T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/takoradi-businessman-murdered-in-cold-blood-on-good-friday\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T16:56:06","slug":"takoradi-businessman-murdered-in-cold-blood-on-good-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/takoradi-businessman-murdered-in-cold-blood-on-good-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Takoradi Businessman Murdered In Cold Blood On Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Tragedy struck the residents of West Tanokrom, near Takoradi on Good Friday when a 55-year-old businessman, Mr Issah Salifu, was savagely murdered at home.<\/p>\n<p>The Takoradi District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of<br \/>Police (DSP) Dela Dzansi, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News<br \/>Agency in Takoradi on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Dzansi said the deceased was attacked at his residence by<br \/>some masked men at about 12:05 hours on April 22, 2011 and was stabbed<br \/>several times on the head and face.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, he said, the assailants did not take any item from<br \/>the room thus giving an indication that they came purposely to kill<br \/>him.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Dzansi said the assailants struggled with the deceased for<br \/>sometime thereby attracting the attention of the deceased\u2019s son who<br \/>was also sleeping in another room but when he attempted to come out to<br \/>assist his father, one of the assailants pointed a gun at him warning<br \/>him to stay away or get killed.<\/p>\n<p>DSP Dzansi said after the assailants had left the house, the son<br \/>called his mother on phone and both went to the Takoradi Central<br \/>Police Station and reported the crime. He said the corpse had been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital for autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>The Takoradi District Police Commander said so far no one had<br \/>been arrested but the police was working around the clock to solve the<br \/>murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/d65bget.media_175-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tragedy struck the residents of West Tanokrom, near Takoradi on Good Friday when a 55-year-old businessman, Mr Issah Salifu, was savagely murdered at home. 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