Pastor among members of Ebola eradication team killed in Guinea

September 22, 2014

c. 2014 Religion News Service

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Church leaders in West Africa are raising concerns over sporadic violence that has killed one of their own and frustrated efforts to stem the Ebola epidemic.

The violence took a dangerous turn last week in a remote village in southeast Guinea, when fearful villagers killed eight members of a disinfection and awareness team, including a pastor.

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