Bawku: Tension as Military Clash With Prison Officers Leaving Many Injured
Bawku: Tension as Military Clash With Prison Officers Leaving Many Injured
The military operations team in Bawku this afternoon clashed with the the Prison Officers in the area Leaving many people seriously injured.
The incident happened at the Bawku Naba Palace when the overlord of the Kusaug traditional area was inaugurating his forty years of reign as the Bawku Naba.
Soldiers and Prison Officers in Bawku reportedly engage in a brawl. pic.twitter.com/FeQjMVvFms
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Reports say the military sometime back beat up Some prisons Officers in the area mercilessly after a disagreement and that has led to an old grudge between the two camps.
This afternoon, whilst at the Bawku Naba Palace, the military confronted one Prison Officer over a missing phone and beat him to pulp. The injured was taken to the hospital.
Bawku: Tension as Military Clash With Prison Officers Leaving Many Injured pic.twitter.com/PzFFBXQ5GE
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In reprisal attack, the Prison Officers stormed the Bawku Naba Palace armed with heavy guns, shot and disarmed the military officers and beat them mercilessly. The injured military have also been taken to the Vineyard hospital in Bawku.
Currently there’s high tension in the area.
