A 46-year-old palm wine tapper identified as Kwame Acheampong has been accused of the mother of his 30-year-wife and one-year-old son.

The unfortunate incident which occurred at Kokofu, a farming community near Nkaseim in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region left residents in shock and disbelief early Sunday morning.

Eyewitness indicated that Kwame Acheampong had been accusing his 30-year-old wife, Akua Safia of cheating and as such did not consider the one-year-old Kwabena Seidu, as his son for a while now.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic that the incident, the Goaso District Police Commander, DSP Richard Hornuvo said the police received a distress call at about 6.20 am this morning to report that Acheampong had murdered Safia and Seidu.

According to him, when the police proceeded to the crime scene, they found the bodies of the victims lying in a pool of blood with multiple cutlass wounds on Safia while the throat of Asiedu had been slashed.

DSP Hornuvo explained that the suspect, who was attacked and injured by some members of the community was taken to the Goaso Government Hospital for treatment.