Local
Crowd Attacks Aid
Workers at
Guinean Ebola Treatment Center
Enraged by an
Ebola outbreak that has killed 86 people across the country, a group of Guineans attacked aid
Workers at an
Ebola Treatment center, accusing them of having brought the disease over, according to multiple reports.
The attack forced
Workers from Doctors Without Borders to suspend operations at the clinic in*Macenta, a town in the nation's south, where the disease has killed 14 people. Some members of the mob hurled rocks at aid workers, but ** one was injured, the
Associated Press reported.
See also:
Ebola Outbreak Leaves 70 Dead in Guinea, Senegal Closes Its Border
The
Guinean government quickly defended Doctors Without Borders, saying the organization and other groups have been
instrumental in containing the
Ebola outbreak.
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