Graphic Online
BY: Samuel Duodu
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One person has been confirmed dead while three others are battling for their lives at various health facilities after they sustained injuries following disagreement over land between two communities.
The communities are Losumpe and Kejase, near Mpaha and within the Debre Traditional Area in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region on Sunday morning, May 23.
The deceased, identified by the police as Iddrisu Fuseini,48, is said to have sustained cuts on his chest while the three others, who sustained multiple machete wounds on their bodies and are currently on admission, are, Ibrahim Yakubu, 37, Alhassan Abubakari, 42, and Abaka Alhassan,49.
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Thirty persons who got injured in the accident that occurred at Mile 40 (Sarekyekura) near Fulfulso on the Buipe-Tamale highway, in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, last Wednesday, have been treated and discharged from the various health institutions they were sent to for treatment.
Of the 32 who were sent to the Buipe Polyclinic and the Holistic Medicare Hospital, 25 were discharged while five out of the 20 sent to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) were discharged yesterday, a day after the fatal accident.
The acting Public Relations Officer at the TTH, Mr Misboa Mohammed, told the Daily Graphic that there were 15 injured people still on admission, with four of them in critical condition while 11 with minor injuries were in stable condition.
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