The body of a class four pupil has been discovered in a bush at Odumasi in the Asante Akyem Central district of the Ashanti region.

According to a report by Adomonline.com, the deceased, known only as Kwaku, was found with a gunshot wound near the Odumasi gas filling station.

According to Kwasi Antwi, a family member, the child disappeared from home on Monday evening.

Efforts to trace him proved futile until some residents found him dead.

The mother of the deceased, Abigail Asante, said she is still in shock.

Meanwhile, the body has been deposited at Yawkwei Steward Mortuary pending an autopsy.

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