Crowd torches Ebola treatment tents at hospital in DR Congo
An angry crowd set fire to part of an Ebola treatment facility at Rwampara hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after relatives of a young man thought to have died from the disease were refused permission to take his body away for burial. The confrontation took place near Bunia in Ituri province, which the supplied material describes as the epicentre of the outbreak. Police were called to the scene after relatives threw stones at staff and tried to torch Ebola tents.Medical staff refused to release the body because they said it was highly contagious and had to be... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 22 May 2026 10:30 LONDON
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