ONE person is reported dead, while four others sustained various degrees of injury when they were allegedly attacked by some unidentified group on a disputed piece of farmland at Nkalingbani, near Tatale in the Zabzugu/Tatale District of the Northern Region yesterday morning.
The name of the deceased was only given as Yanyibu, a farmer and bicycle repairer.
One of the injured, who sustained gunshot wounds, was rushed to the Yendi Hospital for further treatment after some of the pellets that had been embedded in his body had been removed at the Zabzugu Health Centre.
The three other victims, who also sustained machete wounds, were, however, treated at and discharged from the Zabzugu Health Centre.
The Nkalingbani area has been turned into a ghost town as the residents are said to have fled for their lives.
According to the Yendi Divisional Police Commander, Mr Patrick A. Sarpong, there had not been any arrest yet. He, however, indicated that the situation was now calm.
He said police personnel had been detailed to the area to forestall the incident from degenerating into an ethnic conflict between the Basaris and the Konkombas following a long-standing dispute between the two groups over the rightful owners of the land.
Mr Sarpong said his outfit and the military command were currently assessing the situation in the area to help nip any further disturbances in the bud.
These disagreements have often degenerated in skirmishes between the two predominant groups in the area.
As a result, when the victims, who are all from the Basari group, went to till the land following the abundant rains in the area, they were allegedly ambushed by their assailants who opened fire on them, killing Yanyibu in the process.
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