In Lützerath, the situation is becoming increasingly critical: In the German lignite town occupied by climate activists, workers began demolishing a hall of excavators and tractors on Thursday after the energy company RWE announced an “orderly dismantling” in the areas released by the police. Earlier, the executive had continued their eviction action, which hundreds of people protested.
Massive buildings are not likely to be affected by demolition as quickly because there are still people around. On Wednesday, a first tree house was already dismantled and trees felled. This work continued on the second day of the evacuation.
Police continued to clear the area
Emergency services entered a home on Thursday morning. They sawed a hole in a gate and gained entry through it. On the farm hangs a large yellow banner with the inscription “1.5°C means: Lützerath stays!”. Some activists who were inside were taken away. Moments later, the police drove a lift bridge to the courtyard of the farm. “The eviction continues,” said a police spokesman.
Around the large-scale police action, several reports were received on Thursday about the behavior of individual activists. According to the emergency services, a police officer was hit by a paint bag. The officer was not injured, a police spokesman said. Firefighters were also thrown at firefighters. According to the spokesman, no one was hit or injured.
Hundreds of protesters surrounded by police
In addition, hundreds of people demonstrated on Thursday against the eviction of the brown coal site. According to police estimates, about 800 people took part in the demonstration to Lützerath. The action was supported by various initiatives. Among the participants was the Fridays for Future activist Luisa Neubauer. She carried a sign that read “Climate protection is handiwork”. Neubauer and dozens of other demo participants who blocked the way were then surrounded by police officers. “We want to stay here until we get carried away,” Neubauer said.
Previously, the first night after the start of the evacuation had remained largely silent. There were no unusual incidents, a police spokesman said in the morning. Once some fireworks were thrown and fireworks rockets were ignited from an occupied building on Wednesday night, no one was injured.
Activists taken off the roof
Meanwhile, not far away, police pulled a group of climate activists from the roof of a warehouse. Elsewhere, police spent several hours at night rescuing an activist from a car wreck set up to block a path. The woman had holed up in the wreckage and cemented her feet into the path. She was picked up early in the morning.
Incidentally, the activists receive prominent support during the weekend, because the Swedish environmental icon Greta Thunberg has announced her arrival for Saturday.
Source: Krone
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