Students of the University of Ghana on Saturday morning engaged in fights amidst throw of stones and burning of cars during the matriculation of fresh students.The clash was between members of two halls of the University, Commonwealth hall and Mensah-Sarbah hall.
Sources at the Scene disclosed that the clashes began when a member of Mensah-Sarbah was attacked by Commonwealth members,an incident which led to a retaliatory reaction from the Mensah-Sarbah students.Commonwealth is accusing Sarbah of inviting ‘Katangas’ to reinforce their base in anticipation of a clash.”
The commonwealth hall camp were clad in red while their arch rivals sarbah hall were clad in black.The two camps fired musketry amid chanting war songs. They also wielded broken seats, stones,stabs.It took the intervention of the police and fire service personnel to calm tensions.
Source:EducationGhana.net