The former French secret service agent responsible for bombing the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has broken his silence and apologized to his victims, 30 years after the attack. On July 10, 1985, Jen-Luc Kister led the dive team that planted the bombs on the Rainbow Warrior, sinking the ship in a harbor in Auckland, New Zealand, as the vessel was preparing to head to sea to protest against French nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific. Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira was killed in the bombing. Kister apologized in an interview with TV New Zealand.

Jen-Luc Kister: “I would like to take this opportunity given to me by the TV of New Zealand to express my deepest regrets and apologies.”

We’ll air more of the interview with Jean-Luc Kister later in the broadcast.