'America sent Ebola to Africa to punish us... then left my brother to die like a dog': Thomas Eric Duncan's sister

America invented the Ebola virus to 'kill Africans' and deliberately left victim Thomas Eric Duncan to die 'like a dog' in revenge for bringing the disease into the U.S, his sister claimed today.

In an extraordinary interview with MailOnline, grieving Mary Pearson claimed that the deadly virus was created as part of an experiment to infect black people on the continent - echoing the views of a race-hate preacher who says Ebola was invented to 'depopulate' Africa.

Mrs Pearson, 52, who runs a general store in Liberian capital Monrovia, said: 'What we heard is that Ebola was created by the Americans and they sent it to kill us.

'You are the ones that sent it to kill us. They sent the virus and infected people here.Then they blamed Liberians for Ebola. They killed that boy for nothing.'

Thomas Eric Duncan died in Dallas on October 8 after flying to the US from Liberia three weeks earlier. He was infected when he helped a pregnant neighbour seek hospital treatment.