1/15/2023
Police remove Greta Thunberg from the anti-coal protest in Luetzerath, Germany.
Crowds of activists marched on the hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany, waving banners, chanting and accompanied by a brass band, but there were also some violent clashes with police.
Luetzerath — deserted for some time by its original inhabitants — is set to disappear to make way for the extension of the adjacent open-cast coal mine, one of the largest in Europe, operated by energy firm RWE.
AFP saw protesters arriving in buses, holding banners with slogans including “Stop coal” and “Luetzerath lives!”
Police said protective barriers near the huge coal mine had been smashed by activists, who had then entered the mine site.
“The police barriers have been broken. To the people in front of Luetzerath: get out of this area immediately,” the police tweeted.
“Some people have entered the mine. Move away from the danger zone immediately!”
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