Key Facts

• The incident happened at Rwampara General Hospital near Bunia in Ituri province, where most Ebola cases are reported.
• The crowd became angry because they were not allowed to take the body of a man believed to have died of Ebola for burial.
• Police fired warning shots and medical workers received military protection during the unrest.
• The dead man was a well-known local football player; his family believes he died of typhoid, not Ebola.
• Some local people do not believe Ebola is real and think the outbreak is created by outsiders or hospitals for profit.
• Two hospital tents used as isolation wards were burned, and six patients who were being treated in the tents initially fled but were later accounted for.
• WHO calls for safe burials with protective gear to stop the virus from spreading.
• The Ebola outbreak has caused over 130 deaths, with 600 suspected cases in DR Congo, and two cases have appeared in Uganda, leading to travel restrictions there.