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A total of 21 basic primary schools in the Bimbagu Circuit in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri District have been closed down by the Ghana Education Service.
The Supervisor for the Bimbagu Central and East Circuits, Dalukirir Jakper Jolly, confirmed the closure.
He explained that the directive from the Regional Director of the Service was due to renewed violence between the Nanik and Bimbagu communities.
Read also: 3 burnt to death in violent attack in Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri districtThe violence, which erupted at dawn on Friday, February 28, resulted in the killing of three residents of Nanik, including a teacher who was a native of Walewale.
According to community sources, heavily armed men stormed the community at about 5 a.m., carrying out shootings and a series of arson attacks.
Security personnel who arrived two hours later reported that several houses had been burned, along with food supplies.
The Circuit Supervisor stated that the school closures were due to fears of a possible escalation of violence to other parts of the area.

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