The Suhum Police on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly killing his 57-year-old mother with a pestle and a cutlass in their home at Suhum in the Eastern Region.

The police told the GNA that the man, Emmanuel Appiah Abesi, who is suspected to be a drug addict, has been under-going psychiatric treatment.

The source said on Wednesday June 13, when he returned from hospital, he started collecting some items including sticks and cutlass into his room.

When his mother, Mrs Adelaide Asaah Abesi, District Welfare Officer, questioned him about his behaviour, he replied that he intended using the items to kill mouse in his room. According to the police, without any provocation, Appiah attacked his mother with a pestle inflicting multiple injuries on her and finished her off with a cutlass. She was cooking the evening meal.

An eyewitness told the GNA that Mrs Abesi raised the alarm, but before anybody could go to her aid, she was already dead.