Five people, all men, have been confirmed dead with six others seriously injured during an exchange of gun fire over a parcel of land at Gbenyiri, a suburb of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Savannah Region.
The chief of Kalba is reported to be among the deceased.
Joy News sources at Gbenyiri and the Savannah Regional Police Command indicate that the resort to the deadly gun battle emanated from a land dispute between two parties.
The injured, according to Joy News' sources in Tuna, were taken to a district hospital for treatment.
