59 Protesting Land Mines Are Arrested
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
About 150 protesters gathered at a weapons plant that makes land mines, and 59 were arrested for blocking entrances. The protest near Hopkins, Minn., began with a candlelight vigil in a parking lot across from Alliant Techsystems. The protesters are demanding a worldwide ban on the production, stockpiling and international transfer of all anti-personnel mines. Alliant said that its mines are placed only in U.S. combat zones.
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