One student of Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Ashanti region was stabbed to death on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, following a confrontation between two men over a lover.

The deceased identified as Isaac Kwesi  Amponsah, an 18-year-old student, according to Daily Guide report was trying to separate the two men  who were fighting when one of them stabbed him in the process.

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The two men identified as Justice Abban and Frank Kwabena  A.ka Taller,43, were fighting over a woman at Olebu, a community in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

Suspect Justice Abban, who allegedly pulled the knife to stab the schoolboy, according to the eyewitness account, was severely beaten by some neighbours before he was handed over to the police.

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He is currently receiving treatment at the Police Hospital.