Keiko the killer whale, star of the “Free Willy” movies, was buried Monday in a snow-bound pasture in Norway during the dark in a ceremony kept secret from the public.
The roughly 6-ton whale died Friday in a Norwegian bay where his team was trying to reintroduce him to the wild.
Despite the whale’s size, the burial went smoothly, a caretaker said. Machines dug a hole near the waterline, under cover of darkness, and then slid Keiko slowly a few yards across the snow into his grave, he said.
5. ACTIVIST DIES IN BRAZIL: A British Greenpeace activist on a mission against illegal logging in the Amazon delta was found dead Monday by a riverbank near Capim Island in Brazil’s Para state, a local official said.
Emily Craddock, 27, of London, had been missing since Friday. She worked as a radio operator on the Greenpeace environmental group’s Arctic Sunrise vessel.
6. STUDENTS PROTEST: Police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hurled tear gas canisters and fired shots in the air Monday to break up a protest by hundreds of university students who want President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to step down.
Police arrested at least three people as they halted a protest for the fourth time in less than a week.
7. ACID ATTACK: Two dozen people suffered burns to their faces, hands and arms in a suspected acid attack at a pub in southwestern England, police said Monday.
Officers arrested a 25-year-old woman, who was injured in the Sunday morning attack, in connection with the incident, Avon and Somerset police said.
8. ZIMBABWE FLAP: South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu rebuked his government Monday for its support of Zimbabwe, which is facing international isolation over its human rights record.
In an emotional statement, he rejected arguments used by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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Compiled from RedEye news services and edited by Lara Weber (lweber@tribune.com) and Drew Sottardi (dsottardi@tribune.com)
