Two people have been shot dead in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki amid protests against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a military base nearby, the BBC has learnt.
The circumstances of their deaths are not clear, and officials have not commented on the matter. A police spokesperson told the Reuters news agency he was not aware of any deaths.
On Monday, hundreds of demonstrators marched through the town’s streets, after the US plan to establish an Ebola treatment facility in Kenya sparked public concern about cross-border infection risks.
The isolation centre is to be staffed by US medics and is intended to treat US citizens affected by the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kenya has not recorded any Ebola cases so far.
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