Photos: Clashes, beatings as Ebola quarantine imposed in Liberian slum

Liberian security forces blockade an area near the West Point Ebola center as the government clamps down on the movement of people to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 20, 2014. Security forces deployed Wednesday to enforce a quarantine of the West Point slum, stepping up the government’s fight to stop the outbreak and unnerving residents. Abbas Dulleh / AP

A Liberian soldier, part of the Ebola Task Force, beats a West Point resident while enforcing the quarantine. John Moore / Getty Images

An Ebola Task Force officer and residents in West Point. John Moore / Getty Images

A boy who was wounded during clashes with Liberian security forces. Ahmed Jallanzo / EPA

A Liberian soldier, part of the Ebola Task Force, beats a West Point resident. John Moore / Getty Images

Family members of West Point district commissioner Miata Flowers flee the neighborhood, Aug. 20. The Ebola Task Force was called in to extract the commissioner and her family after residents blamed the government for setting up a holding center for suspected Ebola patients in their community. John Moore / Getty Images

West Point is home to more than 50,000 people. Abbas Dulleh / AP