Two men were killed and their bodies
burned by an angry mob in Guinea convinced
that the victims infected a local with Ebola, in
the latest violence spurred by the deadly
disease, police said Wednesday.
Residents of the western village of Dar-es-
Salaam attacked a group of three police officers
and their driver who stopped there Saturday
while on their way to a funeral.
Also read: Liberia says limits Ebola spread to
just two counties
During their visit, one in the group gave a
sedative to a local healer who was suffering from
an unknown illness.
After the healer died his wife
called for help from locals, who responded
violently, Guinea police Commissioner Boubacar
Kasse told AFP.
The villagers grabbed machetes and clubs and
beat the victims to death before setting their
bodies and vehicle on fire, Kasse said.
He added that at least one local shouted: "You
came from Conakry (Guinea's capital) to spread
Ebola to our village."
The other police officers survived the attack and
were recovering in hospital.
Violent reactions to Ebola are frequent in Guinea,
especially in the south, where tensions are high
between local groups and the central
government.
The most violent incident came in September
2014 in the southwestern village of Womey when
eight members of an Ebola prevention campaign
were killed by locals. During the violence
residents screamed the disease was a "white
conspiracy."
No comments:
Post a Comment