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  • Bandits in Guinea steal suspected Ebola blood

    11/21/2014 7:23:50 AM PST · by Raebie · 19 replies
    Associated Press ^ | November 21, 2014 | BOUBACAR DIALLO
    CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — It was a highway robbery but the bandits got more than they bargained for when they stopped a taxi van in Guinea and made off with blood samples that are believed to be infected with the deadly Ebola virus. Authorities publicly appealed on national radio Friday to the unidentified robbers to hand over the samples that were stolen from the minibus taxi during its 265-kilometer (165-mile) trek from central Kankan prefecture to a test site in southern Gueckedou. Four Red Cross officials accompanied the samples, that were drawn from a single person and stored in a...