Fresh waves of violence have gripped the troubled town of Bawku following the recent killing of a Kusasi chief in Kumasi, believed to have sparked a string of reprisal attacks.
Two additional individuals were reportedly killed in Kumasi in connection with the ongoing chieftaincy tensions, triggering renewed unrest in Bawku.
On Saturday night, a student of Bawku Senior High School was allegedly dragged from his dormitory and shot dead by unknown assailants who gained entry by scaling the school's perimeter wall.
The victim, identified as being of Mossi, is believed to have been mistaken for an affiliate of one of the factions involved in the protracted chieftaincy dispute.
