The Sea Shepherd Conservation Group said its leader was shot in the chest by a member of Japan’s Coast Guard during a clash with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Japan denied live bullets were fired.
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The incident marks an escalation in the dispute between anti-whaling activists, Australia and Japan. Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura called Sea Shepherd’s tactics “outrageous” in a press briefing today and the ministry this week summoned Ambassador Murray McLean to demand Australia’s government “take action” against the group.
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