Renewed clashes were reported on Tuesday night at Bawku in
the Northern region. Security Personnel have been on patrols to forestall
further acts of violence around the Bawku township. According to Chief
Superintendent Tefourtor Kaletsi,who is the Bawku Divisional Police
Commander, the security personnel are prepared to maintain security to ensure
that the situation does not get worse. He said two people were shot on Monday
and one of the victims, Mutala Mohamed Dinko, a student of the University
of Development Studies (UDS) died on Wednesday while the other was still on
admission at a hospital in Bawku. He said there was no clear reason for the
shootings but investigations were still on ongoing. Narrating the incident,
Chief Superintendent Kaletsi said a group of young men were seated
under a tree conversing when the shootings begun. Mr Evans Dinko, Uncle of
the deceased, said the family was suspecting a personal vendetta that someone
might have tried to settle by hiring a killer to do so.He explained that his
nephew was neither involved in politics nor ethnic feuds and so the family
could not understand why the killer wanted him dead.
Source: GNA
No comments:
Post a Comment