{"id":397886,"date":"2018-02-03T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=397886"},"modified":"2018-02-03T17:13:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T17:13:07","slug":"aregion-heavy-security-presence-ahwiaa-violent-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=397886","title":{"rendered":"A\/Region: Heavy security presence at Ahwiaa after violent clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is heavy police and military presence at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region following violent clashes between two youth groups in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Several properties including vehicles have been vandalized in the process, although the cause of the unrest is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the community have locked themselves indoors leaving the entire area almost deserted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397891\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-2.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Military and the Police are currently combing the area to ensure there is absolute calm.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly Member for the Ahwiaa-Anyinam electoral area, Brenya Vasco who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said the rivalry between the two groups dates back several decades.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397892\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-3.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-3-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A certain misunderstanding between Asante line boys and Zongo line boys. It is a just a certain group of young boys. We don&#8217;t know who this came about but it has been happening since 1999. We&#8217;ve not seen any such conflict over the years but it is just yesterday it happened again,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397895\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ashanti-chaos-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Police have since arrested some youth believed to been involved in the disturbances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Hafiz Tijani\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is heavy police and military presence at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region following violent clashes between two youth groups in the area. Several properties including vehicles have been vandalized in the process, although the cause of the unrest is yet to be determined. 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