General News of Wednesday, 21 June 2017Source: 3news.comFailed ‘spiritual exercise’ leaves palm of 16-year-old boy burntHis palm is now infestedA failed ‘spiritual exercise’ by a fetish priest to identify a laptop thief has left the palm of a 16-year-old boy burnt at Akyem Sekyere in the Eastern Region. At the shrine, the fetish priest was said to have force-opened the right palm of Prince and put the gunpowder into it. The fetish priest has was on Tuesday arrested by the Police but was granted bail to assist in investigations into the incident which happened three weeks ago. According to him Baffour Nketia, Prince was not taken to hospital for immediate medical attention but was kept at home, causing his right palm to become an infected sore. Baffour Nketia said Prince’s mother claimed she did not have money that is why she could not take the her son to hospital for medical attention.

Source: GhanaWeb June 21, 2017 14:48 UTC