There were violent clashes between German police and protestors trying to halt the progress of a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany.
A police spokeswoman said around 1,000 people attacked officers on rail tracks at Harlingen, close to Dannenberg in northern Germany where the train is set to be unloaded.
The new clashes followed earlier altercations between police and protestors during which authorities deployed pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to disperse some 250 anti-nuclear protestors trying to sabotage the tracks.
The controversial train, dubbed 'the most radioactive ever', is heading for the town of Dannenberg, where 123 tonnes of waste will be loaded onto lorries for the nearby storage facility of Gorleben.
Activists were trying to slow the progress of the train, which environmental pressure group Greenpeace has called to be halted immediately 'in the interests of public safety.'
The latest clashes 'did not stop the progress of the train,' a police spokesman said.
