Liberia: West Pointers Loot Ebola Unit

A center built to quarantine Ebola patients in West Point, a densely populated slum community in Monrovia was attacked and looted Saturday evening by protesters.

Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services, Tolbert Nyensuah told journalists here on Sunday that the protesters, mainly angry residents of the slum community burglarized and looted the Ebola holding unit, while securities played cool to avoid casualties.

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