A 70-year old man is the latest casualty in the renewed ethnic violence in the Northern regional town of Bunkrugu.
It brings the death toll to three following clashes between the Jafouk and Jamong two days ago.
A 25 year old student who has also been shot is struggling for his life at the Baptist hospital in Nalerigu.
Scores of houses were also razed down as clashes in the town intensified.
Bunkprugu-Yunyoo District Chief Executive Timothy Sampoa Laari told Joy News, all activities have come to a standstill in the town.
Police and military personnel in nearby towns have been deployed to stop sporadic shootings and burning of houses there as they await the arrival of reinforcement.
According to Joy News’ Seth Kwame Boateng, one faction had been looking for the opportunity to launch a reprisal after the mysterious death of two of their own on Friday.
After a power cut to the area last Sunday, the group began firing shots and burning homes. The Regional Minister was compelled to call the Electricity Company of Ghana to restore power.
The Bunkprugu-Yunyoo township was placed under a 15-hour curfew by the Interior Ministry in a similar violence in April this year.
Source: Myjoyonline