Restlessness are high at Agbogbloshie in Accra which has lead bloody clash between Konkombas and Dagombas.
The clash have claimed the lives of two persons with a pregnant woman confirmed to be in a critical condition. A joint military and police team have been deployed to the scene and are trying to restore calm.
Some residents and market women were spotted running for their lives as tear gas and bullets were fired sporadically between the two factions.
One account of the cause of the clashes is that a member of one ethnic group stole a phone owned by the other ethnic group.
The suspected thief was beaten up but he mobilised people from his ethnic group for a retaliation.
This degenerated into a free for all fight between the two ethnic groups.
This Ethnic clash and resultant attacks at the Accra slum are not new.
Three young men were killed in ethnic clashes in 2009.
In 2014, there was a similar clash between Dagombas and Nanumbas over a motorbike, GH₵70, and copper wire.
In April 2015, clashes between Dagombas and Zabarima traders left four, including a policeman, injured.
Several people in the Yam market area in Agbogbloshie,were also injured while a number of properties were vandalised and destroyed in the process. Some individuals were seen being rushed to the hospital, after being hit by bullets.
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