Residents of Adakope, a fishing village near Dambai in the Oti Region, tried to get a police rescue team that was there to save children who had been trafficked out of their village.
On Wednesday, people were burning tires and making threats to set people on fire. This led to an incident.
In Adakope, police were given a hot chase when they tried to save children who had been trafficked.
Residents throw rocks at the vehicle of the task force as a fire burns in the bush.
The 17 police officers went to the community on the edge of Lake Volta to save 21 children who were being forced to fish in dangerous ways.
When police tried to save children who had been trafficked, the community in Adakope became very angry.
When police came to help at 1:30 in the morning, in the middle of the night, people got ready to attack.
Maxwell Agbagba, a journalist for JoyNews, and other journalists were on the police team that had to fire warning shots to control the crowd at one point.