Liberia Enforces Quarantine of Monrovia's West Point District

The Daily Mail reports that enforcement of a quarantine of a slum in Monrovia has become violent. According to the article, there had been opposition to the government opening a clinic in the slum to check for Ebola. The article reports:

Tensions came to a head over the weekend when a mob attacked and looted an Ebola screening centre, accusing officials of bringing sick people from all over Monrovia into their neighbourhood. 

Dozens of people waiting to be screened fled in the chaos. Looters made off with items, including bloody sheets and mattresses that could further spread the virus.

The whole district was then quarantined. Then this:

Liberian soldiers opened fire on residents of a slum in their country's capital city today after it was locked down in an effort to contain the spread of Ebola virus. 

People ran screaming as soldiers from the country's Ebola Task Force brutally enforced a quarantine of Monrovia's West Point district ordered by the country's president last night.

... Earlier today, riot police and soldiers sealed off West Point, a peninsula where the Mesurado River meets the Atlantic Ocean, with makeshift barricades built from piles of wood and barbed wire. 

Few roads go into the area, and a major road runs along the base of the isthmus, serving as a barrier between the neighbourhood and the rest of Monrovia. Ferries to the area have been halted, and a coast guard boat was patrolling the waters around the peninsula. 

At least 50,000 people live on the half-mile-long point, which is one of the poorest and most densely populated neighbourhoods of the capital. 

Sanitation is poor even in the best of times, and defecation in the streets and beaches is a major problem. Mistrust of authorities is rampant and many people live without electricity or access to clean water.

To be fair, when you dig into the story further, it only indicates that the soldiers were firing weapons into the air, and using truncheons to beat back mobs. The article also indicates that doctors were being flown into a remote Congo village to investigate what appears to have been a further spread/additional outbreak of the disease.