Angry Mob Attacks Ebola Hospital in DRC, Setting Fire to Tents

Bunia. An angry mob has set fire to and vandalized a hospital at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The mob attacked the hospital after being denied permission to take the body of a youth who died from the Ebola virus for final rites by family and friends.

Local politician Luke Malembe Malembe said that locals hurled stones and set fire to tents used as isolation wards at the Rwampara General Hospital near Bunia city in Ituri province. Police also had to fire in the air to control the situation and disperse the mob.