A middle-aged woman, said to be mentally deranged has stabbed to death a 14-year-old boy in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital.
The victim, identified as Joseph Thomas, was stabbed along Genesis street, off Okaka road of the city at about 7.30am on Tuesday morning.
The incident threw the neighbours into shock which later degenerated into mob action against the suspected woman and nearly beat her to death.
It was gathered that the quick arrival of the Patrol team of the Bayelsa State Police Command rescued the woman from the angry mob who wanted to retaliate the boy’s death.
Some residents of the community told Daily Trust that the accused woman is believed to be deranged and had attempted to stab another boy few meters away from where she killed the 14-year boy.
Daily Trust leant that the woman had stabbed another boy in the arm along mountain of fire road, Okaka before proceeding to kill her victim.
One of the residents of the Genesis streets identified as Panebi said the woman, who is an indigene of Enugu State, is known to preach the gospel of Christ in the early hours of the morning along the Okaka road.
He said: “But on this particular day, she was usually carrying a Bible and started displaying strange behaviors by displaying a dagger. She always chased everyone that come across her. Until she gets to the victim’s house and broke down the door.
“She dragged the boy to the middle of the road and stabbed him three times. Angry youths on the street started retaliating by attacking her with stones and planks until she fell down. And police came to her rescue and took her away.”
The grandmother of the deceased, Madam Modlyn, who narrated the incident said her grandson was in the house when he was accosted and allegedly killed him.
She said: “I went to buy something. I was at the place when someone told me that a mad woman is looking for me and wanted to kill me.
“I wondered why a mad woman would be looking for me. I ran into my neighbor’s house to seek refuge and avoid the woman. While at the neighbor’s house, I heard noise from neighbours that she had stabbed my grandson to death.”
Also speaking, a neighbour to the deceased who preferred anonymity said she was preparing her children for school when the incident occurred.
