Armed men claiming that "there's no
Ebola" in Liberia raided a quarantine center for the deadly disease in
Monrovia, Liberia overnight, prompting at least 20 patients infected with the
deadly virus to flee, a witness said Sunday.
"They broke down the door and looted the
place. The patients have all gone," said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the
attack and whose report was confirmed by residents and the head of Health
Workers Association of Liberia, George Williams.
Williams said the unit housed 29 patients who
were receiving preliminary treatment before being taken to hospital. It was
unclear how many are now at large.
"They had all tested positive for
Ebola," he said, adding that nine had died, without elaborating.
Wesseh said she heard the assailants shouting
that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf "is broke", adding: "She
wants money. There's no Ebola" in Liberia.
Wesseh said the mostly young men armed with clubs
broke into the isolation unit set up in a high school in a Monrovia suburb.
Nurses also fled the attack, Wesseh said.
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