LUTZERATH (Germany), Jan 15 — German police clashed with environmental protesters yesterday at a village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion. Swedish climate...
LUTZERATH , Jan 15 — German police clashed with environmental protesters yesterday at a village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion.
The group that organised the protest said dozens of activists had been injured, including some by the water cannons and others from bites from police dogs. “That the German government is making deals and compromises with fossil fuel companies such as RWE is shameful,” she said from a podium.Local media reported stones being thrown at police and one protester was seen with a head injury, as ambulance sirens sounded near the protest site.
German press, quoting the police, reported that around 470 activists had been removed from the village since the beginning of the evacuation. Meanwhile AFP saw protesters arriving in buses, holding banners with slogans including “Stop coal” and “Luetzerath lives!”
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