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Protester shot at demonstration against US Ebola facility in Kenya

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A police officer carries a mock coffin used as a prop by demonstrators, during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
A police officer carries a mock coffin used as a prop by demonstrators, during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi Monicah Mwangi Reuters

NAIROBI - A protester was shot in central Kenya on Tuesday, witnesses said, during a demonstration against a quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the U.S. has raced to build despite Kenyan court orders barring further work.

Two Reuters reporters, who did not witness the shooting themselves, said the body of the man lay motionless with a large wound to the head in the back of a police van.

A police spokesperson said he did not have information about the incident.

(Reporting by Edwin Okoth; Editing by Aaron Ross )

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This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 6:47 AM.

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