Police in River Cess County, Liberia, have arrested a man identified as Friday Zian alias ‘Bill’ for allegedly killing his church pastor’s 3-year-old daughter following a disagreement over a debt payment.
It was gathered that the 23-year-old suspect stabbed the victim, Hannah Pewee, multiple times with a knife on Tuesday night, August 10, at ITI community due to her father’s alleged refusal to pay his (Zian) debt.
According to the LNP River Cess Detachment, the suspect alleged that the father of the child, Pastor Yarkpazua Pewee, owes him sixteen thousand Liberian dollars and had since refused to pay.
Zian further alleged that on many occasions, he asked Pst. Pewee for his money, but to no avail, stating that the pastor had continuously said he doesn’t have money to pay his debt.
It was gathered that the pastor instead gave five hundred LD against the said debt, a move that reportedly angered the suspect.
He was said to have picked up a knife, stabbed Hannah eighteen times after a failed attempt to kill her father and then fled the scene.
Hannah’s death has sparked outrage among locals in the county, with residents calling on the police to arrest and bring to book the accused.
The County Attorney, Adolphus Brown, who confirmed the incident to FrontPageAfrica said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday, August 11.
“We have to be careful giving out information about the location of the suspect to. We don’t have enough police officers to contain the crowd when we disclose the whereabouts of the suspect. But I can confirm the suspect has been arrested and is in police custody pending investigation. As we speak, the man has been arrested but because of security reasons we cannot disclose where we are keeping him,” Mr Brown said on Friday.
