According to Coastal GasLink and Houston RCMP, workers at a Morice River drill pad site off the Marten Forest Service Road were attacked early this morning in “a highly planned and dangerous unprovoked assault.”
RCMP say an officer responding to the attack was injured when smoke bombs and burning torches were tossed at RCMP by the assailants. This occurred at a portion of road that had been blockaded with fire.
The attack occurred in the same area where opponents of the natural gas pipeline had set up an occupation camp and blockade for 59 days, before RCMP enforced an injunction and cleared the protesters out.
“This coordinated and criminal attack from multiple directions threatened the lives of several workers,” Coastal GasLink said in a news release.
“In one of the most concerning acts, an attempt was made to set a vehicle on fire while workers were inside. The attackers also wielded axes, swinging them at vehicles…
