The remaining camp used by pipeline protesters in the US state of North Dakota has been torched after yet another raid by police officers.
At least nine Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters were arrested at the Oceti Sakowin camp on Wednesday night, after overstaying a police ultimatum to evacuate the area.
Upon leaving, some protesters set fire to a number of tents and buildings that Native Americans and activists had used during their months-long protest against the controversial pipeline.
Led by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the national movement sought to stop the project over fears that it could contaminate Native American people’s water resources and their sacred burial grounds.
The administration of former president Barack Obama was forced to halt the project after numerous protests across the country. President Donald Trump, however, prompted fresh protests by authorizing DAPL’s completion.
North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug…