{"id":16422,"date":"2026-04-01T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16422"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:33:38","slug":"one-dead-others-injured-over-land-demolition-dispute-at-akwatia-line-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16422","title":{"rendered":"One dead, others injured over land demolition dispute at Akwatia Line in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobile-menu\">\n<div class=\"mobile-header\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><button class=\"icon icon--transparent navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-icon\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#navbarNavDropdown\" aria-controls=\"navbarNavDropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Toggle navigation\"><\/button>One person is reported dead of gunshot wounds, with two others severely injured, after a demolition exercise supervised by police on a disputed land turned violent at Akwatia Line, a suburb of Kumasi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sbwrap\">\n<div class=\"mjo-body\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid nopadding position-relative\">\n<div class=\"container article-body\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-8 col-xl-8\">\n<div id=\"article-text\" class=\"mt-3 article-text\">\n<p>An eyewitness account says the incident occurred on Wednesday morning when a private developer, laying claim to a parcel of land occupied largely by traders, stormed the area with police officers to undertake a demolition of structures on the land.<\/p>\n<p>But the traders resisted, arguing they had no prior notice of the exercise and had not been served with an eviction notice.<\/p>\n<p>The parcel of land has been a subject of court litigation for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>A private developer identified only as \u201cBossu\u201d has, for months now, laid claims to the parcel of land occupied by traders.<\/p>\n<p>Though the court is yet to rule on the ownership in court, traders woke up to the sight of a police team demolishing structures.<\/p>\n<p>A confrontation ensued between the police task force and agitated traders who vowed to resist the demolition.<\/p>\n<p>An unidentified man died on the spot from suspected gunshot wounds, with two others sustaining varying degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Alhassan is one of the leaders of the traders.<\/p>\n<p>At least four rounds of bullets were sighted at the scene after the confrontation. Traders accused police and private developers of being behind sporadic shootings.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition exercise has since left many traders homeless, with many goods worth thousands of cedis completely destroyed in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, three persons have been arrested by the Manhyia District Police Command.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person is reported dead of gunshot wounds, with two others severely injured, after a demolition exercise supervised by police on a disputed land turned violent at Akwatia Line, a suburb of Kumasi. 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