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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Nearly 60 wounded in Guinea Ebola riots, local government says

Nearly 60 wounded in Guinea Ebola riots, local government says

At least 55 hurt after clashes between protesters and security forces in Guinea's second-largest city - at the epicentre of West African Ebola outbreak

Health workers take off their protective suits as they finish their shifts at the Pita hospital
Health workers take off their protective suits as they finish their shifts at the Pita hospital in Guinea Photo: AFP
Clashes between protesters and security forces in a Guinean city at the epicentre of the West African Ebola outbreak have left at least 55 wounded, the local government said on Saturday.
A curfew was imposed in N'Zerekore, Guinea's second-largest city, after two days of protests Thursday and Friday by market stall holders against a team of health workers sent, without notice, to spray their market with disinfectant.
Regional governor Lancei Conde said at least 27 law enforcement officers forces were among the wounded.
"In N'zerekore and elsewhere, there are two camps - those who believe in the existence of Ebola and those who think that the epidemic is imported. Investigations are ongoing," he said.
City prefect Aboubacar M'bop Camara said protesters had "attacked the regional hospital's ambulance, UNICEF vehicles, the vehicle of the cardiologist at the regional hospital (and) the car of a private individual"... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11065740/Nearly-60-wounded-in-Guinea-Ebola-riots-local-government-says.html