AFP : 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.