Police clash with activists at German village due to be demolished for coal mine expansion
Activists build barricades and set them on fire while the police make preparations for the planned eviction of the village Luetzerath, western Germany, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.
SCUFFLES broke out on Monday at a village in western Germany that is due to be razed to allow the expansion of a coalmine, a plan that is drawing resistance from climate activists.
Activists threw fireworks, bottles and stones at police outside the village of Luetzerath before the situation calmed down and officers pulled back, German news agency DPA reported.
Protesters previously had set up a burning barricade and one glued his hand to the access road.
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