Armed men claiming that "there's no Ebola" in
Liberia have raided a quarantine centre for the deadly disease in the capital
Monrovia, prompting at least 20 patients infected with the deadly virus to
flee, a witness said.
"They broke down the door and looted the place. The
patients have all gone," said Rebecca Wesseh, who witnessed the attack.
Mr Williams said the unit housed 29 patients who were
receiving preliminary treatment before being taken to hospital. It is unclear
how many are now at large.
"They had all tested positive for Ebola," he said,
adding that nine had died.
Ms Wesseh said she heard the assailants shouting that president
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf "is broke", adding: "She wants money.
There's no Ebola."
Ms 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, she said. Culled
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