Police in Effiduase in the Ashanti Region has launched a search for two armed men who stabbed to death, a final year Business student of the Effiduase Senior High School.

Eighteen-year-old Derick Agyei died few hours after being rushed to the Effiduase Government Hospital’s Emergency Unit after two armed men stabbed him in the neck on Wednesday evening.

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Police say the deceased, in the company of a friend, had scaled the school’s fence wall to watch a football match outside campus when the attack occurred.

His friend, Douglas Obeng, 17 has since given a statement to police.

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The Effiduase District Commander, Superintendent Asare Bediako told Nhyira FM’s Ohemeng Tawiah that, Douglas left the deceased in pool of blood and proceeded to town to watch the football match without raising alarm.

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He said the police are on the heels of the suspects and would ensure that perpetrators are dealt with.