Funeral of O’Reilly SHS student who was stabbed by a classmate held in Accra

Funeral of O’Reilly SHS student who was stabbed by a classmate held in Accra

The funeral for the late Edward Borketey Sackey, the 18-year-old student from O’ Reilly Senior High School who tragically lost his life due to an alleged stabbing incident on campus, is currently taking place at his family home at Spintex, Accra.

Family and friends are in deep shock as they gather to honour his memory.

It would be recalled that a final year General Arts student of the school, was stabbed to death by a colleague.

The incident occurred at the school’s premises on Monday, September 2 shortly after the 18-year-old had finished an exam. According to a cousin of the deceased who witnessed the situation, the stabbing happened during a fight with a colleague named Godwin.

The deceased was stabbed three times in the chest and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.  She narrated that the fight resulted from an altercation over an issue.

“He had a paper in the morning and came to me that he was done with his paper…Few minutes we heard some noise at the back and we asked what’s wrong and they said its Godwin and Edward fighting. I asked what’s the fight about and they said its nothing serious.

“The whole thing was about you what do you have? I have this and that, you’re lying. That was what brought the fight. So, I thought the whole thing is nothing.

“Few minutes later, the Godwin guy came up to me and asked me to warn my brother or else his blood will flow and I told him it has not gotten to that,” she narrated.

According to her, Edward, the deceased ran to the teachers who were in school when the chaos started but they “did not do anything.”

Here are photos from the funeral grounds: