Allegations Grow That Zuhlgan Is Executing People Infected With the C7 Variant of Cordilian Fever
For months, residents in several western and southwestern Zuhlgani prefectures have told The Scope that security forces have been carrying out summary killings of people suspected of carrying a highly lethal strain of Cordilian Fever, locally referred to in leaked medical notes as Variant C7. Multiple independent witnesses, clandestine medical workers, and two sets of leaked internal documents reviewed by The Scope describe a pattern of raids, forced removals and executions carried out under the rubric of “public health emergency measures.” Local uprisings in several districts have reportedly followed Zuhlgan’s purge operations, leaving scores dead and hundreds displaced.
Zuhlgani officials deny any policy of extrajudicial killing and say they are enforcing emergency containment measures in the face of an “acute public health and security threat.” Humanitarian organizations are calling for an independent international investigation.