Ebola Riots in Guinea Leave Seven Dead, Premier Says

Seven people were killed during rioting in Guinea as members of a mission seeking to educate the population about the Ebola virus were attacked by angry crowds, the West African nation’s premier said.

Those killed in the clashes yesterday in the southern N’Zerekore region included an evangelical pastor, Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana said in a televised address today. The delegation was seeking to raise awareness about the deadly viral disease, and encountered a “hostile reaction of citizens who continue to believe that Ebola does not exist, or that it was created to eliminate them,” he said.