Tension is heightening at Dumso, a community near Kintampo in the Bono Ahafo region, after some agitated youth killed about 80 cattle owned Fulani herdsmen.

Spokesperson for the Dumso community, Haruna Dramani, said the irate youth killed the cattle after the herdsmen called the bluff of the community.

“About four Fulani herdsmen came to the Dumso Township to threaten the youth in the area that if they came anywhere near their cattle, they would deal with them. The youth took up the challenge and went to kill about 80 cattle,” he said.

Haruna added that they fear the herdsmen might retaliate.

The residents of the town had earlier made complaints of cattle destroying their crops to the Police in the area.

They said if nothing was done about the situation, they would begin killing any cattle they found on their farms.

This warning caused the herdsmen to call the bluff of the residents.

But the Kintampo Police Commander Chief Supt. Desmond Owusu Boampong says plans are far advanced to stop the situation from escalating.

He said the Kintampo South District Security Council is currently in a meeting to decide on how to maintain peace and order in the community.

“Currently, the place is calm. We have given the herdsmen a week ultimatum to leave the town,” the Commander told Myjoyonline.com.