{"id":298942,"date":"2017-03-04T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=298942"},"modified":"2017-03-04T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T15:29:48","slug":"one-dead-in-portor-chieftaincy-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/one-dead-in-portor-chieftaincy-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead in Portor chieftaincy clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Police has confirmed the death of one person after renewed chieftaincy clashes at Portor, a small community near Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n
According to Police, it is not clear what re-ignited the dispute, which is said to have started at about 4:30pm on Friday.<\/p>\n
Police in the area have since intensified patrols in the area to avert any possible clashes. There has been a decade-long chieftaincy-related dispute in Potor, as a similar clash occured in 2016.<\/p>\n
Eight houses were razed in 2016, \u00a0following the return of a chief of one of the feuding factions.<\/p>\n
One person was killed in a gun battle between two factions in the chieftaincy dispute. Three others were shot in a mosque<\/p>\n
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By: Zoe Abu Baidoo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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The Police has confirmed the death of one person after renewed chieftaincy clashes at Portor, a small community near Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to Police, it is not clear what re-ignited the dispute, which is said to have started at about 4:30pm on Friday. Police in the area have since intensified patrols […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[2083,3,4665],"yoast_head":"\n