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Regional News from Friday, July 12, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-07-12
Several houses were burned in the conflict
A 20 – year – old traveling porter was shot dead in the night of bloody gun – and – machete fighting that broke out in the Dagomba Line slum in Asokore Mampong municipality, in the Darfur region. Ashanti.
The death of Mumin Huruna has been confirmed by Oshan Ziblim, Regional President of the Head Porters Association of the Ashanti Region.
He told Elisha Adarkwah of Kumasi FM that the body of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of Komfo Anokye University Hospital.
Meanwhile, an officer of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Asokore Mampong, Mr. Joe Debrah, confirmed to Elisha Adarkwah that 120 suspects had been arrested by police and that seven people had been injured .
Several houses were burned in the conflict
Some of the victims fled the area to seek refuge elsewhere.
Nursing mothers carried their babies on their backs and groaned in the middle of the conflict.
Several properties were destroyed during the clashes.
A police and a military team were deployed in the slum to restore peace.
The police command in the region has arrested dozens of suspects.
The new conflict followed the fire of three halls and three booths in the slum by squatters after clashing with police officers overseeing a demolition exercise pursuant to a court order obtained by the owner of the land on which the huts were built.
Some other properties were also destroyed in the fray.
A group of injured squatters attacked the police with sticks, stones and other missiles.
In the heat of the attack, the police withdrew and asked for reinforcements as firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the flames.
Several of the angry squatters were arrested and placed in police custody as part of Tuesday's clashes.
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