Eco-warrior Greta Thunberg led away by police
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".The situation on the ground was "very calm" on Sunday, insisted a police spokesman.Activists on Saturday had accused the police of using "massive batons, pepper spray...
A police spokesman said on Sunday around 70 officers had been injured since Wednesday, many of them in Saturday's clashes. 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.About a dozen activists were still holed up in tree houses and at least two were hiding in an underground tunnel, according to the police.
Luetzerath -- deserted for some time by its former inhabitants -- is being demolished to make way for the extension of the adjacent open-cast coal mine.
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