A 32-year-old hawker and father of four Kwabena Ebo, has been beaten to death by his colleague Kobena kwah popularly known as Jones 22 at Breman Brakwa in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central region.

Police in the area have arrested one Juliet Agyei mother of the suspect after he [Jones] reportedly fled the community after the incident.

According to Evans K. Oboafi Junior a local journalist in the area, an argument ensued between the mother of the suspect and the deceased which nearly resulted in physical exchanges on Thursday evening.

The suspect was informed and on arriving at the scene, failed to find out what was happening but subjected the deceased to severe beatings until he was saved by some onlookers.

“The deceased showed some signs of pain after the incident but went straight to the house. This dawn he was complaining of some severe chest and abdominal pains but died before he could be rushed to the health facility. Doctors claimed he suffered some broken rips resulting from the beating he may have received”, he revealed.

The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Our Lady of Grace Hospital mortuary at Breman Asikuma pending autopsy.