{"id":187674,"date":"2016-02-07T09:04:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T09:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187674"},"modified":"2016-02-07T09:04:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T09:04:53","slug":"3-year-old-fulani-girl-dies-in-fire-family-suspects-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/3-year-old-fulani-girl-dies-in-fire-family-suspects-arson\/","title":{"rendered":"3 year-old Fulani girl dies in fire; family suspects arson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A three-year old Fulani girl died on\u00a0Saturday in a fire\u00a0at Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The girl was burnt while sleeping in her mother&#8217;s make-shift tent on\u00a0the outskirts of the town that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to residents, some unknown individuals set ablaze the tent in which she was sleeping together with ten others in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The little girl&#8217;s charred body was found after the fire service had come in to quench the blaze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;K2p253C5KO7W4zxnQ16XxhIBXHucucgh&#8221;]The Atebubu District Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph Astu Ahinakwa, confirmed the incident to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> but did not give a clear indication as to whether the police suspected foul play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the fire may have been that which spread from the fires set by the\u00a0Fulanis near their tent whiles they were cooking<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, a local Fulani Chief in the Atebubu District, Musah Munkaila, suspects foul play and has alleged that some town-folks are behind the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He suspects some arsonist took advantage of the absence of the Fulani who had gone to the mosque for prayers to set fire to the tents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Arsonist took advantage of the Friday prayers\u2026when you look at how the structures were burnt, you can tell it was a planned thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musah Munkaila believes the suspected arsonist was not comfortable with the Fulanis around much like the situation in Agogo, which has seen a joint Military and Police Taskforce make moves <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/02\/04\/joint-police-military-team-storm-agogo-to-flush-out-fulanis\/\">to eject the Fulani<\/a>s\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>and their cattle from that area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We know for sure the arsonists are part of those who do not want the Fulani here in Atebubu,\u201d the Fulani chief stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-year old Fulani girl died on\u00a0Saturday in a fire\u00a0at Atebubu in the Brong Ahafo region. 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