The suspect and four members of his gang were caught in the act, attempting to break into a multipurpose shop on IBB Way in the capital city.
The gang was said to have terrorised shop owners and traders at the nearby Akim market.
Eye witnesses said that neighbours and onlookers braved the odds and
confronted the gang. In the melee, four of the suspects fled.
According to a student of the International Institute of Journalism who said he was passing by when the suspect was about to be lynched, the burnt suspect attempted to escape