on May 19, 2015 in World News
Marines go home! Scuffles between protesters, police near US base on Okinawa
Marines go home! Scuffles between protesters, police near US base on Okinawa Scuffles have broken out on Tuesday between police and protesters who rallied outside a US base on Okinawa Island. The rally is the latest in the series of protests against the planned relocation of a US military base in the Japanese prefecture. “Get out! Don’t kill! Don’t die”, “Don’t destroy nature” and “Get out Marines” read placards held by the dozens of activists near US Marine base ‘Camp Schwab’ in northeastern Okinawa. Several police officers were deployed to push away the demonstrators, Ruptly video shows. They also dragged… View Article
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