62-year-old-woman killed at church camp at Twifo Denyase, suspect lynched

The community of Twifo Denyase Camp in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region has been left reeling after a 62-year-old woman was killed in a violent attack on Tuesday morning, with the suspected assailant later lynched by residents.

The deceased, Baby Abienor, was reportedly attacked alongside her daughter, Gladys, who sustained critical injuries and is currently receiving treatment.

The incident occurred on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at about 8:00 a.m., when a co-tenant, a 30-year-old man identified as Hormeku Agbemor, allegedly launched an unprovoked cutlass attack on the two women at their residence near a wooden structure belonging to the Apostolic Church, Ghana.

Eyewitnesses said the suspect suddenly became violent in the morning and inflicted multiple cutlass wounds on the victims. Baby Abienor died at the scene from the severe injuries she sustained.

Gladys, who suffered serious injuries, was initially rushed to a nearby Community-based Health Planning and Services compound for emergency care but was later referred to the St Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu due to the severity of her condition.

The Central North Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent Edmund Agyemang Badu, told Graphic Online that upon receiving information about the incident, the Twifo Praso District Police Command swiftly proceeded to the scene to commence investigations.

He said the police were led to a wooden church structure and two adjoining rooms, where the lifeless body of Baby Abienor was found lying face down in a pool of blood.

According to him, the deceased victim had deep fresh wounds on her neck and left arm, believed to have been inflicted with a cutlass.

About 15 meters from the scene, Chief Superintendent Agyemang Badu said officers discovered the lifeless body of the suspect, Hormeku Agbemor, with his hands and legs tied with rope and blood stains on his face. He is suspected to have been lynched by angry residents following the attack.

Preliminary investigations, he said, indicated that on the morning of the incident, the deceased woman, her daughter and the suspect were in the house when the suspect allegedly began exhibiting abnormal behaviour and verbally attacking them.

Sensing danger, Baby Abienor reportedly rushed to inform an elder in charge of the church about the situation. The elder arrived shortly afterwards, only to find her lying dead, with the suspect standing nearby holding a cutlass and pleading for forgiveness after allegedly confessing to the killing.

Chief Superintendent Agyeman Babu said the church alerted the assembly member, other residents and police, but by the time the officers arrived at the scene, the suspect had been lynched.

He said the bodies of the deceased had been conveyed to the Twifo Atti-Morkwa Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy, while investigations into the matter are ongoing.

Source: Graphic Online