The man is said to have taken his own life after a failed attempt to behead his 35-year-old wife
A 57-year-old man from Ohiamadwen, a community in the Shama Ahanta East District of the Western Region, has reportedly committed suicide.
According to reports surrounding his death, the man is said to have taken his own life after a failed attempt to behead his 35-year-old wife.
A video shared on social media showed the man hanging from a tree, lifeless.
Voices heard in the background of the video made an appeal for the assemblyman to show up and for the police to handle the situation.
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One of the voices from the video also stated that some family members of the deceased were present at the scene.
This information, shared on Facebook by Crime Check TV on October 17, 2025, had the caption, “After an alleged failed attempt to behead his wife over reasons yet to be known, this man, believed to be 57 years old, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree at Ohiamadwen, a community in the Shama Ahanta East District of the Western Region.”
The matter is yet to be officially confirmed by the police or any family member of the man.
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