{"id":461314,"date":"2018-02-04T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/04\/police-recommend-curfew-in-ahwiaa-over-clashes\/"},"modified":"2018-02-04T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T13:00:26","slug":"police-recommend-curfew-in-ahwiaa-over-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/04\/police-recommend-curfew-in-ahwiaa-over-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recommend curfew in Ahwiaa over clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday,  4 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/18439439.295.jpg\" alt=\"Akosa Police\" title=\"Akosa Police\" width=\"295\" height=\"169\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo: The police is monitoring the situation to ensure absolute calm prevails<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517749226_170_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ashanti Regional Police command is proposing the imposition of a curfew in Ahwiaa, a community in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti Region as a security measure following violent clashes in the area on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional command, which was forced to deploy men as part of a joint police and military action to restore peace in the area wants the Regional Security Council to impose a dusk to dawn curfew in the town.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u20184 arrested after clashes\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Police arrested four suspects in connection with the violence on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the suspects were in possession of a locally manufactured pistol each while the two others had machetes with them.<\/p>\n<p>They are being kept in police custody to assist in further investigations.<\/p>\n<p><b>What led to the clash?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Several properties including vehicles were vandalized on Saturday due to a fierce battle between two youth groups.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the community were forced to lock themselves indoors as a result of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say the disturbances started when the Asante youth prevented their counterparts from the Zongo community from partaking in the burial celebrations of an 18-year-old Esther Ampofowaa on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists after meeting with chiefs from both sides of the community, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Fred Anim said the police will find a lasting solution to the long-standing feud between the two factions.<\/p>\n<p>He said the police anticipate casualties from the clashes, he said the police is still assessing the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Calm has since returned to the area but the police have said they are monitoring the situation to ensure absolute calm prevails.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() 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imposition of a curfew in Ahwiaa, a community in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti Region as a security measure following violent clashes 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