German police detain Greta Thunberg in German coal village protests - Reuters

LUETZERATH, Germany, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside a radical of activists connected Tuesday during protests against the demolition of the ember colony of Luetzerath, according to police.

A spokesperson for the constabulary part successful the portion said it was not yet wide what would hap to Thunberg, who joined protesters astatine the tract past week to run against the enlargement of the mine, owned by vigor elephantine RWE.

Riot constabulary backed by bulldozers removed activists from buildings successful the colony with lone a fewer near successful trees and an underground passageway by past weekend, but protesters including Thunberg remained astatine the tract staging a sit-in into Tuesday.

Thunberg was detained portion protesting astatine the opencast ember excavation of Garzweiler 2, immoderate 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) from Luetzerath, wherever she sat with a radical of protesters adjacent the borderline of the mine.

Thunberg, was seen sitting unsocial successful a ample constabulary autobus aft having been detained, a Reuters witnesser said.

"We are going to usage unit to bring you to the individuality check, truthful delight cooperate," a policeman said to the group, according to Reuters footage.

"Greta Thunberg was portion of a radical of activists who rushed towards the ledge. However, she was past stopped and carried by america with this radical retired of the contiguous information country to found their identity," a spokesperson for Aachen constabulary told Reuters, adding 1 activistic had jumped into the mine.

It was not yet wide what would hap to Thunberg oregon the radical she was detained with, oregon whether the activistic who jumped into the excavation was injured, the spokesperson said, adding the constabulary would supply an update wrong the hour.

Thunberg was carried distant by 3 policemen and held by 1 limb astatine a spot further distant from the borderline of the excavation wherever she was antecedently sat with the group.

She was past escorted backmost towards constabulary vans.

The Swedish clime activistic addressed the astir 6,000 protesters who marched towards Lutzerath connected Saturday, calling the enlargement of the excavation a "betrayal of contiguous and aboriginal generations."

"Germany is 1 of the biggest polluters successful the satellite and needs to beryllium held accountable," she said.

Reporting by Wolfgang Rattay and Riham Alkousaa, Writing by Victoria Waldersee; Editing by Maria Sheahan, William Maclean

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