NEW DELHI: An angry mob attacked a hospital and torched buses as protests against a proposed nuclear plant in western India turned violent on Tuesday, local media said, a day after an activist was killed in police firing. Protests led by opposition politicians shut down a town close to the site of the 9,900 megawatt (MW) plant in Jaitapur in Maharashtra state that has seen long running anger against land acquisition intensify in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan. Protesters have blocked the road to the site of the proposed plant which is surrounded by several small fishing hamlets. The site is around nine hours drive south of Mumbai
