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Fragile calm returns to Bimbilla following clashes
The government on Friday morning deployed a joint security task force made up of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Police to maintain law and order after 10 people were killed and scores injured.
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Earlier, there were reports that the death toll has risen to 11 but the Bimbilla Police Commander DSP Benjamin Tetteh disputed it in an interview with Tamale-based Justice FM
“What we have retrieved from the bushes or the battleground and then we sent to the mortuary at the Bimbilla Government Hospital are ten bodies, not eleven,” he said.
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In the interview, he also confirmed the deployment of the joint security task force, adding that calm has returned to Bimbilla.
“The security officials are many in the town now. We have gotten reinforcement and then we turning all stones to ensure there is absolute calm in the community,” he said.
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Late Thursday night, A joint security force comprising police and military men have been deployed to the area to forestall any disturbance.
The Ministry of Interior has since renewed the curfew on the town to between the hours of 4 pm and 6 am.
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