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August 06, 2008
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Weapons seized near green protest camp
LONDON, Aug 5: Police said on Tuesday they had seized a stash of knives and makeshift weapons in searches close to a camp in Kent where climate change protesters have gathered.
Officers said they had found an adapted knife, a replica throwing star, a knife block with knives and a large chain with a padlock in a wooded area near the Camp for Climate Action in hunts carried out on Monday night.
About 600 activists have assembled at the camp to protest about a proposed new coal-fired power station in Kingsnorth, the first in Britain for nearly 30 years.
They have dismissed the police find as being part of a “smear campaign”.—Reuters
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