{"id":461460,"date":"2018-02-05T09:40:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/disec-maintains-security-presence-in-ahwiaa-following-clashes\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:40:52","slug":"disec-maintains-security-presence-in-ahwiaa-following-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/disec-maintains-security-presence-in-ahwiaa-following-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"DISEC maintains security presence in Ahwiaa following 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 Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/62509268.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ahwiaa Security.jpeg\" title=\"Ahwiaa Security.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Timely intervention of the police on saturday preventing the clash from escalating<\/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\/1517823652_952_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The District Security Council (DISEC) at Kwabre East will maintain a heavy security presence at Ahwiaa in the Ashanti Region where two youth groups clashed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Council will also be monitoring developments in the area to quell an escalation of the clashes between the two groups.<\/p>\n<p>Clashes between some Zongo youth and indigenes at Ahwiaa left many residents injured.<\/p>\n<p>In the fight that broke early Saturday morning, the feuding factions reportedly attacked each other with machetes and other dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that disturbances started when the Asante youth prevented their counterparts from the Zongo community from partaking in the burial celebrations of an 18-year old girl, known as Esther Ampofowaa on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes saw the destruction of property, and residents in the community were forced to lock themselves indoors.<\/p>\n<p>The District Chief Executive for the area, Nana Osei Assibey Bonsu is reported as saying the Council will work to prevent an escalation of the tensions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had meetings with the various sub-chiefs; the chief from the Ashanti side and the chief from the Zongo side. We met them [on Saturday] and as at now, everything is going on well so DISEC is on the ground doing its work to make sure that everything will come to a close,\u201d he told Accra-based Citi FM.<\/p>\n<p><b>Clashes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Joy News\u2019 Erastus Asare Donkor reports that the clashes came about after the indigenes attempted to prevent the Zongo youth from partaking in a dance party they had held on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Zongo youth joined in the dance anyway, only for the factions to return Saturday morning to attack each other.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to control the angry youth, the police fired warning shots which allegedly hit three of the young men, resulting in some injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Others were also injured during the brawl. All the injured persons have, however, been sent to the hospital and are receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p><b>Zongo Asante clash<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at least four suspects have also been arrested by the police for their involvement in the clashes.<\/p>\n<p>The main street in the town has been closed by police and a military back-up has been called in order to restore order.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy regional Police commander, DCOP Fred Adu Anim condemned the actions of the youth.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the Chief of Ahwiaa, Nana Ntie Adu and the Zongo community to counsel their people in order to avoid an imposition of a curfew on the town.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 38 updated by: 38 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-05 Timely intervention of the police on saturday preventing the clash from escalating The District Security Council (DISEC) at Kwabre East will maintain a heavy security presence at Ahwiaa in the Ashanti Region where two youth groups clashed on Saturday. 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