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Hunt sab 'seriously injured' in Sussex protest

Random | 01.09.2000 09:32

A hunt sab protesting in Sussex has been airlifted to hospital after being run over and seriously injured.

A hunt saboteur was airlifted to hospital today after he was seriously injured in a collision with a car during a clash between protesters and hunt supporters.

He was injured in an incident at 7.30am in Horsted Keynes, near Crawley, West Sussex, according to Sussex Police.

Police are investigating claims that the man was deliberately run over. A spokesman for the Hunt Saboteurs' Association said the incident had happened during protests against a meet of the Old Surrey and Burstow Fox Hounds at Warren Farm.

The injured hunt sab is believed to be aged in his 20s. His injuries included multiple fractures and broken ribs and he is being treated at Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

He is reported to have been run over twice during clashes with pro-hunt supporters. Four other people are thought to have been injured.

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