Eco-warrior Greta Thunberg carried away by police AGAIN
Thunberg was one of several protesters carried away by police from the mine's edge in the afternoon, reported local media.
In an operation that began last Wednesday, hundreds of police had been removing activists from Lutzerath. Criminal proceedings have been launched in around 150 cases, police said, including for resistance against police officers, damage to property and breach of the peace.Indigo Drau, a spokeswoman for the organisers, on Sunday told a press conference the police had gone in with "pure violence".Activists on Saturday had accused the police of using "massive batons, pepper spray... water cannons, dogs and horses".
A police spokesman said on Sunday around 70 officers had been injured since Wednesday, many of them in Saturday's clashes.
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