CABS activists were the victims of a brutal attack this morning. In the early hours, at around 8.30 am, five men masked with balaclavas set an ambush for a German bird protection team which were on vehicle patrol on a narrow country road near Il-Qaws, Rabat.

According to the Committee Against Bird Slaughter the men blocked the vehicle’s passage and threw several heavy rocks at it completely shattering the windows. "One rock broke through the side window and missed the driver’s head by inches" reports CABS biologist Axel Hirschfeld, who is coordinating operations on Malta.

The attackers then tried to open the car doors and drag out the team members. The occupants, two Bird Guards from Germany, said they escaped by the skin of their teeth and were fortunate to incur only slight injuries.

Rabat Police and CID enquiries into this case committed by persons unknown are continuing.

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