7 guns retrieved in Chereponi, 2 more persons arrested over clashes

Police in the Northern Region have confirmed the arrest of two more persons in the latest clashes at Chereponi that has left two people dead and caused others to flee the area for fear of reprisal in the longstanding ethnic conflict

The new arrest was made Monday by a combined military-police team in the area and brings to eight the total number of suspects arrested so far following the last weekend incident between the Chorkosis and Konkombas.

Six single-barrel guns, as well as a locally manufactured gun, were retrieved in the swoop.

According to the police, displaced children and women have so far been escorted to “safe places”.

“We have dispatched more men to get into the interior to respond more to distress calls that are received by the military”, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Yussif said.

The identities of the two persons confirmed dead are yet to be established.

Meanwhile, one more community has been torched raising the number to 20.

On Friday, March 15, 2019, one Jababu Faud was shot and fire set to several properties within the communities in the Chereponi District.

It took reinforcement from the Police to calm situations.

Clashes between the two factions within the Chereponi District date back years and led to the loss of many lives.

Efforts by the Police and some leaders within the two communities to settle the differences appear to be yielding the desired response.