A mentally challenged man identified as Daganaa, has killed four persons at Banda Nkwanta, a community in the Bole district of the Savannah region.
Information gathered indicates that the incident began when Daganaa, who had arrived at a nearby illegal mining or ”galamsey” site to offload items, sought permission to use the washroom at a compound house around 3:00 a.m.
When the tenants denied him entry, he got angry and stabbed one of the occupants in the back before fleeing to another nearby compound.
There, he forcibly entered a room where two children, aged 10 and 12 were asleep and reportedly stabbed them.
Their grandmother, frail and immobile, was also subjected to his brutality.
Continuing his rampage, Daganaa made his way to another household, where he stabbed another person resting in the foyer of the compound.
When residents confronted Daganaa, he locked himself in a room, threatening to kill anyone who dared to approach.
The escalating situation prompted the residents to report the matter to the Bole police command for intervention.
Daganaa further launched a violent attack on two police officers who arrived on the scene, forcing them to respond with gunshots, killing him in the process.
By the end of the hours-long incident, four victims had passed on, while the elderly grandmother was critically wounded.
She is responding to treatment at Carpenter Hospital in Bole.
Meanwhile, the deceased have been buried per Islamic rites.