;kGbeken Town Maryland County’ – Gbeken Town in Maryland County’s Karluway District experienced tension with the release of video footage purporting to show an irate mob trying to intimidate a man suspected of being involved in an unexplained death. Thomas Cooper, who had been accused in relation to Morris Dweh Jr.’s death, is shown in the video being pursued by scores of young people carrying sticks, stones, cutlasses, and other weapons.
Police reports state that the incident began on March 19 at around 3:00 PM when Morris Dweh Jr., 39, was discovered unconscious along a trail heading to Gbeken Town. Morris, Thomas Cooper, and David Bedell reportedly went to a gold mining site earlier to wash gravel.
After their mining machine went down, the party reportedly started heading back to town at 0200 hours. Morris, however, was abandoned along the way for unknown reasons. According to the report, Thomas Cooper alerted the town’s residents when he later found Morris unconscious while travelling in the same route.
Officers, including Karluway District Police Commander Inspector Samuel T. Brown Jr., responded after community members swiftly secured the area. Morris was later declared dead by a 15-person coroner panel that the authorities had assembled. After that, family members were given the body to bury.
Tensions, however, increased when locals asserted that, in accordance with custom, the corpse purportedly identified Thomas Cooper as Morris’ killer during the parade into town. Tension in the neighborhood increased as a result of the assertion, which angered locals.
According to reports, Thomas Cooper confessed after the occurrence and claimed that Morris was slain using conventional methods. He asserted that witchcraft had poisoned the food and wine consumed at the gold mining location. He also claimed that additional people were involved, but he hasn’t revealed who they were.
The matter is still being investigated, according to the authorities. As people of Gbeken Town await more information regarding the unexplained death and the subsequent accusations, tensions are still high as the locals are demanding immediate justice.
Credit: Peter P. Toe Jr
