{"id":366591,"date":"2017-10-30T05:56:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T05:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366591"},"modified":"2017-10-30T05:56:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T05:56:39","slug":"3-feared-dead-in-yendi-after-locals-clash-with-fulani-herdsmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/3-feared-dead-in-yendi-after-locals-clash-with-fulani-herdsmen\/","title":{"rendered":"3 feared dead in Yendi after locals clash with Fulani herdsmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three persons are feared dead following clashes in Yendi on Sunday night, between herdsmen of Fulani extraction and some youth in the community.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> sources, a known butcher in the town was allegedly murdered by a Fulani man, who had invited him over to purchase cattle.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;dnGbintX3nqeZFZ4pYTKVlvV0qwwuUai&#8221;]This sparked reprisal attacks from the youth in the town, which claimed the lives of two Fulani herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Aziz Azindow, a reporter with Yendi-based Gmantabu Radio,\u00a0told\u00a0<strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that, &#8220;according to what they told us, when he went to the Fulani men, they took the money he was holding and butchered the guy to death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdul says when the case was\u00a0reported to\u00a0the police, the Divisional Commander asked that the deceased\u00a0be taken away from where the\u00a0incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased was taken to the Tamale Teaching Hospital, following which the youth in the area went on a\u00a0rampage, according to the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some youth also went on rampage in search of some of the Fulani people, and they found two Fulani men and also killed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in the meantime, police in the area are &#8220;taking control of the situation, and they have dispersed the youth and currently, they are taking care of that situation, \u201d Aziz Azindow added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fulani, farmers clash in Kwau East<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reported tensions in Yendi involving Fulani followed similar\u00a0disputes that left <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/30\/8-dead-residents-flee-after-fulani-farmers-clash-in-kwahu\/\">eight persons dead\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span>in some parts of the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u00a0100 people have been displaced in some parts of the District following separate reprisal attacks between Fulani herdsmen and some community members of Dwibease and Wheewhee communities.<\/p>\n<p>This situation has led to hundreds of residents fleeing from the town to nearby villages to stay with family and friends for fear of being caught up in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Duke Opoku Mensah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three persons are feared dead following clashes in Yendi on Sunday night, between herdsmen of Fulani extraction and some youth in the community. 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