Protests against nuclear waste train
Protests against a train carrying nuclear waste from France to
Germany erupted in violence Sunday as police wielding batons charged
activists trying to halt the cargo’s progress.
Authorities deployed pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to
disperse some 250 anti-nuclear protesters trying to sabotage the tracks.
The activists hurled back firecrackers, police spokesman Markus
Scharf told AFP. The train carrying the nuclear waste, dubbed by
activists “the most radioactive ever”, is heading for Dannenberg, where
the 123 tonnes of waste will be loaded onto lorries for the nearby
storage facility of Gorleben, in central Germany.
AFP |