Guinean security forces break up riot in Ebola-racked south

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Guinean security forces break up riot in Ebola-racked south

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/guinean-security-forces-break-riot-ebola-racked-south-102119964.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4PGD5x4RfhRJ.7DhQauvSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-08-29T102119Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA7S0EJ_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA-GUINEA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A U.N. convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan" align="left" title="A U.N. convoy of soldiers passes a screen displaying a message on Ebola on a street in Abidjan" border="0" /></a>Riots broke out in Guinea's second-largest city Nzerekore over rumours that health workers had infected people with the deadly Ebola virus, a Red Cross official and residents said on Friday. A crowd of young men, some armed with clubs and knives, set up barricades across the southern city on Thursday and threatened to attack the hospital before security forces moved in to restore order. Gunshots were fired and several people were injured, said Youssouf Traore, president of the Guinean Red Cross. &quot;People revolted and resorted to violence, prompting soldiers to intervene.&quot; Local Red Cross workers had to flee to the military camp with their medical equipment.</p><br clear="all"/>

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