A woman identified as Meri Ibrahim has been attacked and nearly killed by a group of men at Sumpini in the West Gonja District of Savanna Region.
The woman believed to be in her late 50s sustained deep wounds in her arm and head after a group of men attacked her at her home on the night of Saturday, August 29 accusing her of being a witch.
Reports say, she was among four women who were accused of being witches but the other three women managed to escape leaving only the victim identified as Mariam Ibrahim who was nearly lynched.
In a video sighted on Facebook, the woman is seen wailing with deep cuts on her upper arm and on her fingers suspected to be inflicted on her with machetes.
Narrating her ordeal, Mariam who spoke in her local language reportedly said the men accused her of being behind the death of a young in the community and went ahead to attack her with machetes leaving deep wounds on her arm and head.
Mariam narrated that her plea to her attackers fell on deaf ears as they physically attacked her and vandalized all her properties.
Mariam is currently receiving treatment at the Damongo Government hospital after she was rushed there by some individuals.
The incident has since been reported to the Damongo District police.
This incident comes barely a month after a 90-year-old woman was lynched at Kafaba in same region over accusation of being witch.
Akua Denteh was subjected to severe beatings and torture till she gave up the ghost after a supposed witch doctor accused her of behind the woes of the community.
The police has arrested all the suspects who allegedly played a role in the lynching of Akua Denteh.
One of the suspects who were captured in a video beating the old woman claimed she was under a spell and was not aware of her actions after police smoked her out from her hideout.
