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Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has called on the Ghana Police Service to expedite their hunt for the culprits in the murder of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba near Salaga in the Savannah Region.

A video surfaced on social media showing some unidentified persons mercilessly whipping the elderly woman who they accuse of being a witch and lynched her.

The woman was condemned to death in full glare of people who looked unconcerned for such babaric act to be carried out.

The assault on the elderly woman is said to have been ignited by a female Priestess in the area who claimed the 90-year-old woman is a witch and, as part of measures to exorcise her, incited the 'beating' parade.

Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' programme, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. wondered why no suspect has been arrested by the Police Service yet, saying if it were a different incident, the security personnel would have been swift in their investigations.

He stressed the perpetrators of this heinous crime were clearly seen in the viral video and so wants the Police to quickly swoop down on them.

''Why should it always be the elderly and poor who are accused of being witches? Why is the poor the only ones said to be witches? Because I haven't ever heard a rich witch before. A rich person cannot be a witch, right?'' he asked.

''It baffles me that till today, I haven't heard anybody has been arrested. However, there is a video showing the people who killed the woman. There is a video evidence showing the suspects using horse whips and mercilessly beating this woman to death but up till now, no arrest has been made. If it had been something else, the perpetrators would have been apprehended immediately. 

''Whatever way or approach the security forces would adopt to hunt down the perpetrators, they should use it and ensure these culprits are brought to book. If they go scot free for killing this woman, it will encourage other people to do same. This is a shame and disgrace to the country'', he charged.