{
  "id": 5589512,
  "title": "Police arrest landlord’s wife for allegedly biting tenant’s ear during a fight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/police-arrest-landlords-wife-for-allegedly-biting-tenants-ear-during",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:54:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/police-arrest-landlords-wife-for-allegedly-biting-tenants-ear-during-a-fight/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Police in Barekese have apprehended Sister Afia, a woman often referred to as a landlord's wife, for allegedly causing injury to a tenant's ear during a violent altercation at Fufuo, a neighborhood in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. This incident reportedly transpired following a disagreement over the children residing in both households. The tenant, Yaa Achiaa, had warned her daughter against interacting with the landlord's children following an incident where one of them allegedly harmed her daughter days prior. The dispute, which commenced on Monday, August 31, escalated into a physical confrontation on Thursday, September 3.\n\nAccording to Yaa Achiaa's eldest daughter, Blessing Osei, Sister Afia bit her mother's ear during the altercation, resulting in her injury. In her interview with the media, Blessing Osei mentioned that residents intervened to separate the two women, after which Sister Afia and her spouse proceeded to the Barekese Police Station to lodge a complaint. She further alleged that her mother had endured verbal abuse from the landlord's wife prior to the latest confrontation, which had exacerbated tensions between the two families and culminated in the physical altercation. Additionally, Osei stated that Sister Afia had attacked and threatened her when she attempted to intervene in the fight.",
  "summary": "The Barekese Police have arrested a landlord’s wife, identified as Sister Afia, for allegedly biting and injuring the ear of her tenant during a brawl at Fufuo, a suburb of Barekese in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nasarawa-police-arrest-11-suspected-robbers-rescue-kidnap-victim",
        "published": "2026-09-04T15:44:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Police arrest landlord’s wife for allegedly biting tenant’s ear in fight over child discipline",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/police-arrest-landlords-wife-for-allegedly-biting-tenants-ear-in",
        "published": "2026-09-04T16:11:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}