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A mad man at Brohani, a community in the Wenchi municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region, has killed and dumped a one-year-old baby girl in a public pit latrine. Background Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Christopher Tawiah, said on October 14, 2014, at about 2 p.m, the Assembly Member for Brohani, who was accompanied by Nana Siaka Yakubu, an opinion leader in the same community, lodged a complaint at the Wenchi Police Station that a known lunatic in the area, Zakaria Zina, had entered the room of Jaliah Abdulai, the mother of the year-old-baby, Amina Osman, picked the girl and murdered her. He said Zakaria entered the house when nobody was around, murdered and dumped the child�s body in a pit latrine at the outskirts of the town. Mr Tawiah said Zakaria later took to his heels but the police managed to apprehend him in no time. The police have also retrieved the baby�s body. It has been deposited at the Wenchi Methodist Hospital�s morgue for autopsy. Caution Mr Tawiah advised the public to be security alert and cautioned that �people should not leave their doors open when they are not around. We must be concerned about our own personal security,� he stressed. He said that for its part, the police would continue to provide the needed protection and security to enable the public to freely and peacefully go about their daily activities.