DR Congo Party Official Beaten to Death After Ebola Radio Talk
Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked after urging Ebola prevention, and the party said the assailants beat him, looted his belongings and set his house on fire.
- On Sunday, Marie-Celestin Karondwa, a senior leader of the UDPS, was beaten to death in Butembo, North Kivu, following a radio appearance where he promoted Ebola prevention measures.
- The UDPS federation stated Karondwa was an "innocent victim for having defended the party's position" on Ebola, which has infected 8,067 people and killed 3,901 in the DRC.
- Attackers beat Karondwa, looted his belongings, and set his house on fire; the incident marks the latest in a series of attacks on Ebola response teams.
- On Saturday, armed men attacked a hand-washing checkpoint in nearby Beni, killing at least one person and wounding several others, a local civil society group reported.
- Authorities have not identified the perpetrators or motive for the attack on Karondwa, and the mayor of Butembo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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BUTEMBO: Mourners gathered yesterday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola, a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola , a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering
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BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — Mourners gathered Wednesday to bury a Congolese politician who was beaten to death after publicly defending the government’s response to Ebola, a killing that highlights the mistrust health workers say is hampering efforts to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local official with Congo’s ruling Union for...
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