Death threats weigh on health care workers engaged in the fight against Ebola in the Bashu chiefdom in the Beni territory, 7SUR7.CD reports. On the night of Monday, July 15 to Tuesday, July 16, 2019, a criminal operation targeted the laboratory technician at the Isonga Health Center.
"Men carrying illegal arms arose at his home and seriously wounded his wife with knives", the same source Informs. The target was in hiding during the incursion, reports Moise Kiputulu, human rights defender in Bashu joined by 7SUR7.CD.
He added that following the activism of armed groups in the region, those involved in the response to Ebola live in secret. Militiamen commit several abuses against them. The local forces for their part, call for the restoration of state authority in Bashu chiefdom.
In addition, two notables involved in the response to this epidemic were killed last week in the same province of Nord Kivu.
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