The Ghana Police Service have entreated all automobile mechanic shop owners to enclose their shops in order to prevent children from accessing it.
This was after two bodies of children aged 3 years were on Friday, October 15, 2021, found dead at the back passenger seat of a broken-down Mercedes Benz saloon car that was parked at the mechanic shop at Alajo in Accra.
Police statement released on Sunday October 17, 2021, said the Nima Divisional Police Command has commenced investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of the two children, at a mechanic shop at Alajo.
The bodies of the deceased children have since been conveyed to the Police Hospital Morgue for preservation and autopsy after Crime Scene Experts had examined the scene.
“Automobile mechanics are also entreated to enclose their shops to control access to unauthorised persons including children”, the statement said.
It also called on mechanic shop owners to ensure that children and suspicious people found loitering around their premises are reported to the Police for immediate action.
The Police used the opportunity to advise parents and guardians to take the safety of their children seriously and to always keep an eye on them whenever they are out to play.
