Land guards wound three at Klagon

A group of about 15 land guards armed with cutlasses and clubs attacked land developers at Klagon, near Lashibi, wounding three persons.

The three, who were treated and discharged at the Tema General Hospital are Kwabena Donkor, Christian Ametowoxor and Christian Agbemebiase, all masons working on building projects.

A police source told the GNA that about four developers who had acquired plots from the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) went on the land on Saturday, January 19, this year to start their building projects.

However, to their surprise, they were attacked by the land guards formed by some elders of the area who are claiming ownership of the land from the TDC. The land guards also took away working tools belonging to the masons.

The developers said, to avoid any confrontation and litigation over the lands they paid monies to some elders of the area, who have commandeered several plots of TDC lands in the area but they were still attacked by thugs sent by the same persons.

The source said the police was informed when the incident was going on, but the land guards, on hearing the siren of the police patrol vehicle escaped before they arrived there. No arrest has yet been made