Fighting breaks out between Konkombas and Nawuris

Police and Military personnel have been despatched to Kitari in the Nkwanta District of the Volta Region to quell communal fighting which broke out between Kokombas and Nawuris last Saturday. Four people were reported dead. Kofi Duku Arthur, Volta Regional Police Commander, told the GNA on Tuesday that the cause of the conflict was over ''a petty issue'' resulting in a fight between a Nawuri and a Konkomba during which the Nawuri died. He said after the fight the Konkombas mobilised their people and launched an attack on the Nawuris. Arthur said the four bodies have been deposited at the government hospital morgue at Hohoe while two persons who were injured are receiving treatment at the Nkwanta Hospital. He said one person has been arrested in connection with the conflict while police investigations continue. Meanwhile, the people of Kitari were reported to have fled the settlement in the wake of the clashes.