TWO persons have died and unspecified number of people sustained injuries in a renewed conflict between the people of Bankuni and Kambaktiak in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region.
One of the deceased had his genitals and arm chopped off and a number of houses had also been burnt.
The Police personnel who had been stationed in the area to keep peace had to take cover at a nearby town, Mamba to escape the attack of the feuding factions. Some residents have also fled the two towns for safety.
The remains of the deceased, Kantan Dinioh, 32 and Kunsankui Dubik, 70 have been deposited at the morgue of the Nalerigu Baptist Hospital.
No arrest has been made yet. However there has been a police and military re-enforcement in the area to help restore calm as investigations into the latest violence are underway.
According to the Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, there has been an existing misunderstandings between the two clans over some time now and that such conflicts have often led to the lost of lives and destruction of properties in the area.
He indicated that in one of the conflicts, a court bonded them to be of good behaviour.
The main issues at stake are over land and chieftaincy matters.
The District Security Committee (DISEC) and other stakeholders have also intensified efforts to resolve the recurrent dispute between the clans in the conflict. The people of Bankuni belong to the Nadoom clan while those of Kambatiak are from the Nakuk clan.
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