MONROVIA, Aug 20 (Reuters): Police in the Liberian capital Monrovia fired tear gas Wednesday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd agitating to leave a neighbourhood placed under quarantine because of the Ebola virus, witnesses said.
Liberian authorities introduced a nationwide curfew Tuesday and put the neighbourhood - West Point - under quarantine. The rundown area has been hit by Ebola, which has killed more than 1,200 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and five in Nigeria.
There were no injuries reported in the clash which witnesses said started after security forces blocked roads to the neighbourhood early Wednesday with tables, chairs and barbed wire. Residents said they were given no warning of the blockade, which prevented them from getting to work or buying food.
"We just saw it (the blockade) this morning. We came out and we couldn't go anywhere. I haven't heard from anybody in authority what happened," Alpha Barry, 45, who works as a money changer, told Reuters.
Liberian police fight protesters over Ebola quarantine
FE Team | Published: August 21, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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