Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained on Tuesday with a group of activists during a protest against the demolition of the coal village of Luetzerth, according to police.
A spokesman for the police division in the area said it was not yet clear what would happen to Thunberg, who joined protesters at the site last week to campaign against the expansion of the mine, which is owned by energy giant RWE. were in
Riot police backed by bulldozers removed activists from village buildings with only a few survivors in trees and an underground tunnel until last weekend, but protesters, including Thunberg, remained on strike Tuesday.
Thunberg was detained while protesting at the Garzweiler 2 opencast coal mine, about 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) from Luetzerth, where she sat with a group of protesters near the edge of the mine.