17/09/2007 00:00:00
Switzerland: Attack on Chanvre-Info
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Attack on field at Chanvre-Info.
The police abandoned the situation without providing security.
I report the news of serious deeds that happened in the early hours of
the morning in Murten around the field at the Chanvre-Info farm.
At around 1 o'clock in the morning, Sunday 16th September, a gang of
about a dozen individuals in balaclavas, armed with guns, lead bars, and
baseball bats, aimed to antagonize and immobilise the two watchmen of
the field in Morat, as well as managing to steal an indeterminate amount
of hemp.
After risking being kidnapped or worse, the watchmen successfully
persuaded the attackers to leave them to stay in the same place, and
finally alerted the rest of the farm. The police arrived 10 minutes
after our call for help. The policemen took our watchmen to the police
station and kept them for 4 hours, whilst no patrol stayed to protect
the field and the rest of the people at the farm, including three women,
against an eventual new attack.
Suspicious activity continues around the farm and the field, but we
still are not receiving any protection against the gang, there is no
police in sight. Therefore, we inform you that we are now trying to
ensure our safety. The protection of the field is no longer in our means
and should not be our responsibility until acceptable support is received.
On behalf of Chanvre-Info,
Laurent Appel
http://www.lca-uk.org/attackonchanvre.php
Source:
http://www.ukcia.org/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=12836
Author:
Chanvre-Info via UKCIA
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