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Kenyan protester killed at demonstration against US Ebola facility

Demonstrators gather in a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility, intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, on 9 June, 2026.
Demonstrators gather in a protest against a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility, intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, on 9 June, 2026. REUTERS - Monicah Mwangi

Kenyan police shot dead a protester on Tuesday as hundreds demonstrated against a government-backed quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola, with anger mounting over Nairobi's determination to press ahead with the facility.

Patrick Wahome has helped organise protests in the central town of Nanyuki against the facility, and, like multiple eyewitnesses at the scene, told news agencies that the man died from a gunshot wound to the head.

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