Clashes In Sierra Leone Over Ebola Dead -- iol News
Freetown/Monrovia - Sierra Leone security forces on Tuesday clashed with angry residents of a densely populated neighbourhood in the capital Freetown who were protesting delays in removing the corpse of a suspected Ebola victim, witnesses said.
Security forces fired tear gas and rounds from AK-47 assault rifles to disperse the crowd that had barricaded the street in the Aberdeen neighbourhood in protest, residents and video footage from Reuters television showed.
Sierra Leone alongside Liberia and Guinea are the worst-hit countries by the Ebola epidemic that has killed 4 447 people from 8 914 cases since March.
It has spread to Nigeria and Senegal.
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Update #1: Police clash with residents in Sierra Leone over slow Ebola response -- Reuters
Update #2: Ebola: Tear gas fired in Freetown after body left on street -- BBC
My Comment: This is not the first time that unrest over the Ebola epidemic has erupted. Last month, seven people were killed during rioting in Guinea after members of a delegation sent to educate residents about the Ebola virus were attacked by an angry crowd. People are getting desperate, and it is clear that the governments in the region are being overwhelmed.
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