Central Region: Four Hurt in Violent Clash Between Kasoa Traders and Taskforce During Decongestion Exercise
Four persons have sustained injuries following a violent confrontation between traders and members of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly’s task force during a decongestion exercise in the Kasoa Central Business District (CBD) on Wednesday, May 28.
The clash erupted on the third day of the assembly’s decongestion operation, which aims to clear pedestrian walkways of unauthorised structures.
While the first two days of the exercise proceeded without incident, tensions escalated when members of the Kasoa Phone Dealers Association resisted the removal of tents they had erected on walkways.
The situation turned chaotic as the traders began hurling stones at the task force while they attempted to pull down the tents. In the ensuing commotion, three members of the task force and one trader were injured.
The violence led to a temporary blockage of the Kasoa-Bawjiase junction, disrupting vehicular traffic and drawing public concern.
Calm was eventually restored when officers from the Kasoa Divisional Police Command intervened, allowing the exercise to continue.
Despite prior meetings between trade groups and the municipal assembly ahead of the operation, members of the phone dealers association claim they were not given adequate time to dismantle their structures voluntarily, a situation they say contributed to the confrontation.
