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A clash between two communities in the Ashanti region, last Thursday, led to the death of one and the injury of another after a police officer fired live ammunition.
Residents of Adwumakase Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District are however disputing claims the police officer fired in defence and want a full investigation into the shooting.
Alexander Owusu, known popularly as K. Owusu was hit by a shot fired by a police officer who had come to the community in the company of two others to make arrests in Adwumakase Kese.
The incident was preceded by disagreement over land boundary with the Bomfa community.
1 killed, cop injured over disputed boundary in A/R
ASP Godwin Ahianyo,Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer
One person has been pronounced dead while two civilians and a Police Sergeant sustained severe injuries as a result of a clash between the police and youth of Bomfa and Adwumakasekese over a boundary dispute between the two communities.
ASP Godwin Ahianyo, Public Affairs Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, stated at a press briefing that Sergeant Isaac Achampong and two of the youth sustained severe injuries, while Emmanuel Addae was pronounced dead as a result of fire exchanges between the police and the youth.
YEN.com.gh can report.
The brawl followed the arrest of one of the residents after they stopped the erection of a signpost by a chief from Bomfa, a town in the District, Accra-based Citi FM reports.
Police, residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in Ashanti Region clash; two in critical condition…Photo credit: Ghana Police Service
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The mounting of the signpost followed a boundary dispute between the two towns.
The police reportedly shot into the crowd in the heat of the kerfuffle, injuring two who are said to be in critical condition, the outlet reports.
“The chiefs of the town have spoken to the youth to calm down, while they try to address the concerns. So at the moment, everything is calm,” Krontihene for the Adwumakaase-Kesse community, Nana Yeboah Mensah said.
Two persons are in bad condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a confrontation between police and some residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region.
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