One person has died and several others are in critical condition following a violent shootout between land guards and local youth in Coaltar on January 16, 2025 in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.
The incident has left residents in shock, as eyewitnesses recount that tensions had been rife. 3news.com gathered on Thursday, January 16 that Coaltar Chief, Barimah Okekrebesi Asiedu had just concluded his regular meeting of settling disputes and briefing about the state of the community and matters arising before the violence begun outside his palace. "We had just finished the council meeting and were on our way out when we encountered the angry youth.
We have told the farmers we are ready to compensate them for any lands taken for the developers , but they have refused to listen," one of the elders explained.
The youth had barricaded a section of the road using tyres and wood, armed with machetes unknown to council members .
