Protesters in the German town of Luetzerath are being forcefully removed from the town by police as authorities attempt to ready it for an expansion of coal mining.
of Luetzerath on Wednesday and continued blocking any new protesters from coming into the village. The police then moved in to continue forced evacuations of anti-coal protesters encamped there, according to a report from France 24.
The encampment of protesters once numbered about 2,000, but police efforts to root them out have dwindled their numbers to around 200 as of Wednesday. Riot police stand next to a multi-story wooden structure built and still occupied by activists at the settlement of Luetzerath in Germany."We have other things to do at the moment, one thing at a time," another added.
Despite that, the spokesperson argued that there is a"clear legal situation" allowing for the town to be dug up to mine coal, and he encouraged demonstrators to respect the law.
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