The heart-breaking demise of a four-year-old boy has thrown the Berekum-Amangoase neighbourhood into a state of grief and shock.

Only known as Nana, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered from residents that the boy allegedly slipped into an abandoned water pit near the family house and drowned in the process.

The incident which happened Tuesday, February 11, 2025, around 2000 hours remained the topic of discussion in the area, as many residents said they wondered about the whereabouts of the deceased parents at that hour.

During a visit to the neighbourhood on Wednesday, several mourners had thronged the family house to sympathise, as the parents wept uncontrollably.