(ANSA) - Melendugno, March 28 - Police on Tuesday clashed
with protestors aiming to prevent the removal of olive trees in
Melendugno, in the southern Puglia region, for a tunnel for the
TAP gas pipeline project. Police charged twice in order to move
protestors away from gates to the work site and a number of
people were injured. The removal of the olive trees was
suspended.
Police, protestors in olive-tree clashes
Sit-in against TAP gas pipeline tunnel