Greta Thunberg removed by German police from coal
mine protest site
Demonstrators have been trying to block plans to raze
the town of Lützerath.
BY JONES
HAYDEN
JANUARY 15,
2023 10:05 PM CET
https://www.politico.eu/article/greta-thunberg-removed-by-german-police-from-lutzerath-protest-site/
Swedish
activist Greta Thunberg was removed Sunday by police along with other
protesters as they demonstrated against the razing of the German village of
Lützerath for the expansion of a coal mine.
Thunberg
did not comply with a police request to leave the area, prompting officers to
physically escort her away, German media outlet Bild reported. Thunberg was
among a group of activists still at the site on Sunday, the newspaper said.
Climate
activists have been squatting in the village in the western state of North
Rhine-Westphalia for more than two years to protest its demolition to
accommodate an extension of the Garzweiler coal mine.
Thunberg
joined them on Saturday, telling a large rally in the fields outside Lützerath
that the German government’s compromise deal with the owner of the coal mine
was “shameful."
According
to the police, nine activists were taken to the hospital, Bild reported. More
than 70 police officers have been injured in the operation to clear
demonstrators from the site, the newspaper said.
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