Accra, March 13, GNA - Police said on Monday that they are continuing with investigations into the murder of a woman whose body was found at Mataheko in Accra in the early hours of Sunday.

A police source at the Odorkor Police Station said they would have to take their time and arrest the perpetrator or perpetrators. He described the situation as surprising as the deceased was found with no bruises on any part of the body.

The source said it is also very difficult to determine where the woman was murdered. According to the source at about 0730 hours on Sunday, information reached them about a dead body found lying between two houses at Mataheko.

By the time the police arrived at the scene at 0800 hours a crowd of about 500 people, shouting and sing war songs, had arrested five young men whom they suspected of involvement in the murder. This is because they were seen walking about in the area earlier in the day.

The angry residents nearly lynched them but for the timely intervention of the assemblyman and some members of the watchdog committee. The source said in order to save them from any form of maltreatment, they were locked up in a retired sergeant's house but they were still not satisfied.

They started throwing stones on the roof of the house where the suspects were kept until they were sent to the police station. Two of the suspects are 18 years old, two 19 years old and one 20 years old. Four of them come from Agona Swedru, with one currently living at Nsawam, while the fifth who stays at Kasoa has Ghanaian and Liberian parents.

They claimed they met each other at White Bellnight club around Adabraka. They are being kept at police stations as investigations continue. According to the source, what is happening is being called serial murders because of the pattern that is emerging as they suspect it could be one person who has developed a taste for something and is doing it. However, how to get that person is the problem.