Climate activists stick themselves on the street in Cologne - and cause traffic chaos

Created: 11/24/2022, 12:20 p.m

By: Mick Oberbusch

Activists from the group "Last Generation" stuck themselves on the inner Kanalstraße in Cologne on Thursday and caused traffic chaos.

Cologne – Climate protests caused long traffic jams on Thursday morning on the inner Kanalstrasse in Cologne.

“Shortly after 8 a.m., seven people took part in this climate protest,” the police explained when asked by 24RHEIN.

Five of these protesters had glued themselves to the street, which meant that the cars could not pass there, reports 24RHEIN.

A long backlog formed, which extended to the A57, the police continued.

However, around 9:30 a.m. the blockade was cleared and traffic slowly started to move again.

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Climate stickers paralyze the inner channel street in Cologne – five people stuck on the road

• What?

  Seven climate activists have blocked the road in Cologne.

  Five of them got stuck on Inner Kanalstraße and had to be freed by the police and fire brigade using solvents.

• Where?

  Inner Kanalstraße, at the level of the Gleisdreieck (Cologne-Ehrenfeld district)

• When?

  Thursday morning, November 24, around 8 a.m

Firefighters and police were involved in the operation and used solvents to "free" the demonstrators from the street.

The activists, who are believed to belong to the “Last Generation” group, were charged with violating the Assembly Act.

In addition, a report was filed for coercion in road traffic.

A woman from the activist group tried to run into the street after the protest ended.

She was taken into custody.

The Cologne police are currently preparing for possible climate protests anyway.