Lützerath: No more activists in and on houses
Created: 01/13/2023 17:21
Police officers speak to an activist from a hoist.
© Henning Kaiser/dpa
According to the police, there are no longer any activists in the houses in Lützerath and on the roofs of the buildings.
A spokesman told a dpa reporter on Friday afternoon.
The clearing of the district of Erkelenz in the Rhenish lignite mining area is thus progressing.
A tunnel in which two climate activists were holed up and several tree houses still have to be cleared.
Erkelenz – Since Wednesday, the village of Lützerath, which is occupied by climate activists, has been cleared by the police and partially demolished.
The energy company RWE then wants to excavate the coal underneath.
dpa