Liberia police fire at Monrovia protests

Police in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, have fired live bullets and tear gas during protests after a quarantine was imposed to contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.

Residents of the capital's West Point slum area say the barbed wire blockade has stopped them from buying food and working.

Security forces erected the blockade following an order from President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who also imposed a curfew.

Four people are said to have been injured in the clashes.

Liberia has seen the most deaths - of 576 - in the world's worst Ebola outbreak, which has hit West Africa this year.

One thousand 350 people have died in four countries, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Hundreds of West Point residents protested yesterday after security forces erected blockades around the slum.

A 15-year-old boy was injured in West Point as he tried to cross the barbed-wire barricades erected by the security forces.

Residents of other districts said they are unhappy because they are not able to buy food in West Point market.

Source: BBC