One dead, seven injured in attack on environmentalists in Siberia

One person was killed and at least seven were injured in an attack on an environmentalist camp in the Irkutsk Region in southeastern Siberia early Saturday, a local police source said.

IRKUTSK, July 21 (RIA Novosti)) - One person was killed and at least seven were injured in an attack on an environmentalist camp in the Irkutsk Region in southeastern Siberia early Saturday, a local police source said.

Police said at least 15 assailants raided a tent camp at the Yelovskoye Reservoir near the city of Angarsk occupied by a group of protesters against reprocessing of nuclear waste at a local plant.

"The attack on a tent camp occurred at 5.10 am Moscow time (1.10 am GMT) Saturday. At least

15 attackers raided the camp occupied by 21 environmentalists," the source said.

"A 21-year-old man was killed and seven people were hospitalized with injuries," he said.

Police said they have detained two suspects in the assault and identified at least 13 others.

A criminal investigation has been launched in connection with the attack.