Clashes erupt as Liberia seals off slum in effort to contain Ebola

[tetano]

Security forces clashed with residents Wednesday as they sealed off a sprawling seaside slum in the Liberian capital in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

Fear and confusion have been growing in the West African nation, where at least 576 people have died, more than in any other country affected by the world's worst Ebola outbreak.
Ebola outbreak in western Africa

The outbreak began in neighboring Guinea in March and has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. At least 1,350 people have died, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, and the disease continues to spread with more than 2,400 suspected or confirmed cases identified.

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http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-africa-liberia-ebola-quarantine-curfew-20140820-story.html

 

[Sharky]

Re: Clashes erupt as Liberia seals off slum in effort to contain Ebola

Liberian soldiers opened fire on residents of a slum in their country's capital city today after it was locked down in an effort to contain the spread of Ebola virus.

People ran screaming as soldiers from the country's Ebola Task Force brutally enforced a quarantine of Monrovia's West Point district ordered by the country's president last night.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...wellers-battle-stop-spread-Ebola-capital.html

 

[Emily]

Re: Clashes erupt as Liberia seals off slum in effort to contain Ebola

http://allafrica.com/stories/201408220927.html

22 August 2014
Liberia: Injured Boy From West Point Riots Bleeds to Death in Liberia
By Wade C. L. Williams

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But residents of West Point strongly believe the boy was shot in the leg.

"How can barb wire tear somebody foot and leave the bone hanging? You now see it before? Yesterday the people were shooting and a bullet touch the boy foot and he dropped, that's how his friend them pick him up and the army was still shooting, even though they saw the blood. Ma sister that this government killed this boy," said Titus Teah a resident of West Point on Thursday during a food distribution.

The death of the teenager and no one to take responsibility for it has left the entire West Point Community tense that when a government-led relief team went into the area on Thursday, they were not welcome with open arms.

"I don't want their rice, let me and my family starves. We're not going there for any rice. What is rice? ... That dirty thing they are giving they say that food," said Musu Kanneh. But unlike Musu who refused the food, many stood in lines waiting to get at least a cup of rice. The team brought rice, oil, water and beans and divided the rice at four persons to 25kg bag of rice, a day after the deadly clashes.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's decision to quarantine West Point as a result of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the community has brought a once bustling Water Side Market to a complete standstill. Stores in Monrovia were on Thursday seen virtually closed as business people were apparently still reeling from the events that took place at West Point on Wednesday...

 

[Emily]

Re: Clashes erupt as Liberia seals off slum in effort to contain Ebola

http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/west-point-shootout-5-soldiers-guilty-towship-commissioner-be-reassigned

West Point Shootout: 5 Soldiers Guilty, Towship Commissioner to be Reassigned
Mon, 11/10/2014 - 00:49 admin
By:
C.Y. Kwanue

The Government of Liberia over the weekend responded to two investigative reports from the August 20, 2014, incident in the Township of West Point resulting into the death of Shaki Kamara, and the wounding of Titus Nuah...