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A signpost leads to the Rheinmetall company premises in Unterlüß.
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Resistance is forming against the planned new ammunition factory of the arms company Rheinmetall in the Celle district.
Numerous demonstrators tried to block access roads in Unterlüß, farmers with tractors were on the move, a police spokesman said on Monday.
He initially did not want to give numbers about participants in the demonstrations.
The protests are peaceful:
Unterlüß - “We are getting through well.” The Südheide peace campaign also wanted to demonstrate peacefully with a vigil with around ten people - against “armament and war policy,” as a spokesman said: “We expect the government to have a de-escalating effect.”
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (both SPD) are expected in the Lüneburg Heath on Monday for the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new ammunition factory in Unterlüß.
The new “Lower Saxony Plant” will, among other things, produce artillery ammunition.
Unterlüß is the arms company's largest production site; in addition to ammunition, military vehicles such as the Puma infantry fighting vehicle are also manufactured there.
dpa