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Sporadic Violence in Bawku Despite Peace Talks
Bawku (U/E), Feb. 25 Ghanadot/GNA - Two
houses, a shop and two vehicles were on Monday burnt in
Bakwu in the Upper East Region while gunshots were heard in
some parts of the Municipality creating panic and leading to
rioting that forced people to seek refuge in their homes.
Unknown assailants also beat up a young man.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
Bawku, Chief Superintendent of Police, Peter King Gyinae
said one of the vehicles travelled from Bawku to Binaba in
the Bawku West District, and upon its return, unknown
persons suspected to be Kusasis set fire to it because they
thought it belonged to a Mamprusi man.
When some young Mamprusi men heard about the incident they
also went and burnt a pickup vehicle belonging to one Dr
Asaana, a Kusasi man.
He said it caused some agitation among the people and the
security personnel had to fire warning shots to disperse the
people.
Meanwhile, following the communiqué passed by the various
ethnic groups in Bawku, to bring peace to the area, appeals
in the various dialects are being broadcast over the local
radio everyday for calm and asking the people to work
together to bring Bawku to normalcy.
Due to the violence that broke out on December 31 2007, some
hospital staffs and bank workers, afraid for their lives, do
not go to work.
The communiqué, which was passed last week, said lawlessness
was also creeping into the area as people seized other's
goods and motorbikes and sometimes burnt houses, shops and
vehicles.
The daily radio broadcasts seek to address these issues.
Chief Superintendent Gyinae said the curfew hours, from 1700
hours to 0600 hours were strictly adhered to and the
security personnel were doing their best to enforce the
peace.
GNA
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