Residents in Tefle in the Volta Region are terrified over what they say are series of ritual murders in the area. A body of a young woman was found dead, Thursday, close to the Tefle residence of the former President John Rawlings. The body, yet to be identified, had ropes tied to her legs and hands with parts of her body alleged to have been taken away. “This is not the first time. Last week the same thing happened. A young girl around 19 years was also killed under such bizarre circumstances. “So it’s becoming something that is putting the residents into a great deal of fear and we are all scared of our lives now. “We are suspecting ritual killing,” one of the residents, Cephas Amedudzi alleged. According to him, in the earlier killing they realized vital body parts such the breast, sex organs had been removed. “This recent one we saw a very deep piercing from her back which means that her blood has been siphoned,” he alleged. Meanwhile, there is been a district security meeting presided over by Chief Executive of South Tongu, Daniel Amelorku, to find strategies to stop the killings.