WORLD NEWS: US - Oregon leader Bundy tells remaining protesters to go home

Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed siege at a wildlife refuge in Oregon who was arrested on Tuesday, has urged the remaining occupiers to go home.

One of Mr Bundy's fellow activists was killed during the operation to arrest the protest leader and seven others were taken into custody.
The local sheriff, Dave Ward, said the illegal occupation was tearing the community apart.

Speaking through his attorney, Mr Bundy called for the siege to come to an end.

"This fight is ours for now in the courts," he said.

Mr Bundy paid tribute to the deceased, identified by friends and family as Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, an Arizona rancher who became a spokesman for the self-proclaimed militia group at the refuge.

"Right now I am asking the federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted," he said.

The remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge are free to leave but will be identified as they do so, Greg Bretzing, the head of the FBI's Portland office, said.

"We will continue to look for safe, peaceful procedures on how to bring this to a peaceful conclusion," Mr Bretzing added.

Sheriff Ward said: "It's time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesn't have to be bloodshed in our community."

Last week, some 30 people, including women and children, were at the site but it was unclear how many remain.

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