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Police Retrieve Nearly Decomposed Body Tied with Rope

Atebubu: Police at Atebubu in the Bono East Region has retrieved a lifeless body of a man believed to be in his 50s at New-Konkrompe, a farming community in the Atebubu/Amantin Municipality of the region. Residents in the town woke up to discover the nearly decomposed body tied with a rope hanging on a tree at a refuse dumpsite in the area on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

According to Ghana News Agency, the police, in consultation with the chiefs of New-Konkrompe, have since buried the body, as reported by a police source. However, some residents informed the agency that the deceased was not a native of the town, suggesting that rituals ought to be performed to pacify the local deity.