Sierra Leone Police Use Tear Gas to Curb Ebola-Related Riot
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Residents of Kenema in eastern Sierra Leone threw stones at a hospital and a police station, spurred by a rumor that health workers were using Ebola as a ruse to kill people and collect body parts, a police official said.
The rumor was spread by a mentally ill former nurse, now in custody, who went to the city’s main market and told people Ebola was a hoax, police Assistant Inspector General Karrow Kamara said by phone. Police had to use tear gas to stop the crowd from destroying the Kenema Government Hospital, he said.