Kenya Protests Turn Deadly Over US Ebola Quarantine Center

One Killed as Police Fire on Crowds Opposing Nanyuki Facility for Exposed US Citizens

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At least one person has been killed in Nanyuki, Kenya, as police fired on protesters opposing a US-built Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the Bundibugyo strain in the DRC and Uganda.

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