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Renewed clashes between Kusasis and Manprusis at Sakabo in the Upper East Region town of Bawku have left one person with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The incident, which happened near the Bawku Hospital, created tension in the Bawku township Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
An eye witness told Joy News the police were quick to step in to forestall any loss of life.<\/p>\n
The eyewitness said about ten heavily armed men, believed to be Kusasis walked into a \u201cpredominantly Mamprusi area and started shooting indiscriminately\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny human being they see they shoot at him\u201d, he said but added that there were no casualties.<\/p>\n
Security Council in Bawku, in the Upper East Region, met Tuesday to look into a shooting incident in the town that left two dead and one in critical condition on Monday.<\/p>\n
The victims, Alhassan Hadi and Tijani Issaka, were shot in their homes at Patelmeh after evening prayers.<\/p>\n
Assemblyman for the area Imoro Mahamadu who witnessed the incident said the victims “were sitting in front of their house when a group of people started moving towards them. By the time they realized they started firing…two died instantly”.<\/p>\n
Although there is little information about the perpetrators of Monday’s murder, the attacks are believed to have been triggered by a long standing chieftaincy dispute between the rival Mamprusis and Kusasis in the area.<\/p>\n
Bawku Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Bukari Issaku, told Joy News a team of police and military personnel have intensified patrol in the area.<\/p>\n
Although there have not been any arrests, he said the Upper East Region Security Council will be convening a meeting Wednesday on the way forward.<\/p>\n
The MCE suspects criminal elements within the township are scheming \u201cto send Bawku back to its old days\u201d.<\/p>\n
Insisting security forces are in control, he promised \u201cpeople who are\u00a0causing fear and panic will be brought to book.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bawku, one of the brisk commercial towns in the northern part of the country, has been a hotspot for series of ethnic clashes since 2000.<\/p>\n
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