Anti-Whaling Activist Says He was Shot During Clash with Japanese

The captain of ship harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean says he was shot during a confrontation Friday with a whaling ship.

Paul Watson, who commands the vessel owned by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, says anti-whaling activists were throwing "stink" bombs at the whaling ship Nisshin Maru. Coast guards posted on the Nisshin Maru retaliated by throwing flash grenades, which are used for crowd control.

Watson says he felt an impact on his chest, and later found a bullet lodged in his bulletproof vest. He says he did not see who shot at him.

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