SAINT-PAUL-TROIS-CHâTEAUX, France, July 15 (UPI) -- Police in France arrested 21 Greenpeace activists for allegedly breaking into a nuclear plant in southern France, officials said.
The break-in happened at the Tricastin nuclear plant early Monday, Euronews.com reported.
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The activists, who were French, Italian, Spanish and Romanian nationals, projected images and slogans onto the plant's chimneys, such as "Tricastin: a nuclear accident" and "[President] Francois Hollande: president of a catastrophe?"
France's interior ministry confirmed that 21 people were arrested after the incident on trespassing charges.
