Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among protesters temporarily detained during demonstrations against the demolition of a German village to make way for a mine expansion.
abc.net.au/news/greta-thunberg-among-activists-detained-at-german-protest/101865768Police in western Germany have carried Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other protesters away from the edge of an open coal pit mine where they have demonstrated against the ongoing destruction of a village to make way for the mine's expansion, according to German news agency dpa.
Ms Thunberg was among hundreds of people who resumed anti-mining protests at multiple locations in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday , a day after the last two climate activists holed up in a tunnel beneath the village of Luetzerath left the site. "Greta Thunberg was part of a group of activists who rushed towards the ledge. However, she was then stopped and carried by us with this group out of the immediate danger area to establish their identity," a spokesperson for Aachen police told Reuters, adding one activist had jumped into the mine.
The Swedish climate activist addressed the estimated 6,000 protesters who marched towards Lutzerath on Saturday, calling the expansion of the mine a "betrayal of present and future generations".Greta Thunberg told climate activists the mine expansion was a "betrayal"."There is no reason to hold them for days. It might take hours or they will go immediately," a spokesperson for regional police in Aachen said, speaking about the whole group of demonstrators.
Near Rommerskirchen, a group of about 120 activists also occupied the coal railroad tracks to the Neurath power plant, according to police and energy company RWE.In addition, several people occupied a giant digger at the coal mine of Inden, while hundreds of other protesters joined a protest march near Luetzerath.Once again, there were a few clashes with the police.
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