A media statement from the agency said one arrest had been made by 8:30 pm local time, about 2.5 hours after the incident began some 30 km south of Bismark, the North Dakota capital. The Morton County Sheriff's Department said officers on the scene of the latest confrontation were "describing protesters' actions as very aggressive." The North Dakota Department of Transportation closed the Backwater Bridge due to damage from that incident. The $3.7 billion Dakota Access project has been drawing steady opposition from Native American and environmental activists since the summer. Completion of the pipeline, set to run 1,185 km from North Dakota to Illinois, was delayed in September so federal authorities could re-examine permits required by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Source: bd News24 November 21, 2016 07:09 UTC