Guinea Continues Probe Into Slayings of Ebola Health Workers

CONAKRY, GUINEA—Guinea’s Ministry of Justice said its investigation into the September killings of Ebola awareness health workers and a journalist in a southeastern village is moving swiftly, with a trial expected by year's end.

The murders of the eight people in the village of Wome sent shock waves of concern through Guinea and the international community that the already-difficult fight against Ebola was going to be that much harder.

A billboard with a message about Ebola appears on a street in Conakry, Guinea, Oct. 26, 2014.

The team of health workers and a journalist were brutally attacked in Wome as they traveled through the southeast to raise awareness about the virus. The village is near Guéckédou, the Guinean border town where the worst known Ebola outbreak in history is believed to have originated last December.   
 
 Justice Minister Cheick Sakho said authorities are also working swiftly on the legal case against those responsible for the murders.

Sakho said 81 people have been indicted so far, and 39 are in custody. Police have 40 more arrest warrants to execute.

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