Ghana: Police Investigate Death of Three Children At Koblimahagu, IGP Deploys Special Team
Police have opened an inquiry after the vehicle owner was arrested, while the cause of death remains unknown and autopsy results are pending.
- On Monday, October 5, 2026, three children aged three, five, and seven were found dead in the boot of a parked Hyundai Tucson in the Koblimahagu Zoo area of Tamale, Ghana.
- The children left home at 8 a.m. on Sunday, October 4, 2026, for Islamic classes but failed to return, prompting an unsuccessful search by community members until discovery at 5 a.m. Monday.
- Police arrested the vehicle's owner, a member of the Ghana Immigration Service, to assist the inquiry; the owner claimed the car had been stuck in mud for five days.
- Following the discovery, the bodies were transported to the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue, though police have not yet determined the cause of death or how the children entered the vehicle's boot.
- The Inspector-General of Police has deployed a special team of homicide investigators and crime scene experts from Accra to support the Northern Regional Police Command with the ongoing investigation.
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Ghana: Police Investigate Death of Three Children At Koblimahagu, IGP Deploys Special Team
The Northern Regional Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of three children whose bodies were discovered in the boot of a vehicle at Koblimahagu in the Tamale Metropolis.
Tamale: Owner of vehicle with three children found dead in it arrested
The owner of the vehicle in which the bodies of three children were found in Tamale has been arrested and transported to Accra to assist with police investigations.The arrest follows the discovery of the bodies in the boot of a black Hyundai Tucson at Koblimahagu...
Police investigate death of three children at Koblimahagu, IGP deploys special team
The Northern Regional Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of three children whose bodies were discovered in the boot of a vehicle at Koblimahagu in the Tamale Metropolis. The deceased have been identified as Dauda Abdul Aziz, aged 3, Saani Alsharaf, aged 5, and Dauda Fadilan, aged 7. According to a statement signed …
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