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 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