Yahoo·3 min read·medium
Misinformation fuelling violent attacks on Ebola health workers
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Marco Silva - BBC Verify; Peter Mwai - BBC Verify✦AI Summary
This article reports on the violent backlash against Ebola health workers in the DR Congo, driven by local and online misinformation. It details specific incidents of assault and property destruction aimed at medical teams attempting to perform safe burials.
[BBC] "They grabbed me from behind and started punching me, hitting me with spades and machetes," says Daniel Uyirwoth Welo, one of four Red Cross volunteers injured when a crowd tried to open a coffin carrying someone who had died from Ebola.
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