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Lignite opponents to finish siege of power plant in the Lausitz

After 24 hours, environmental activists have lifted the Blockade of the Vattenfall power plant “Schwarze Pumpe”. Which was, apparently, not always peacefully. However, not only the coal opponents will be accused of violence.

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The mass action is over, the lineups have been officially completed, said the spokesperson of the Alliance Hannah Eichberger. The political objectives of the action are reached, the conclusion of the protest Alliance “terrain”. Since Friday afternoon, brown coal opponents in the opencast mine Welzow-Süd had protested in Brandenburg against the coal mining and conveyor bridges and plants occupied.

On Saturday afternoon, activists blocked the Vattenfall power plant “Schwarze Pumpe”. Around 600 people held the tracks of the coal trains occupied the brown coal combustion, cut off the supply. Vattenfall had to throttle the performance of the power plant by up to 80 percent and fears that a complete shutdown would be necessary.

130 temporary arrests

On Saturday evening it was come according to the police violence. There are about 300 environmental be penetrated activists on the site of the power plant, had fences torn down, and the security personnel attacked. The police arrested 130 persons in custody, have now been released. You’re being investigated for serious violation, to the detriment of Vattenfall’s. Two environmental activists were injured and had to be cared for in the hospital.

130 coal opponents have been temporarily detained

The Brandenburg state government condemned the riots sharp. Everyone has the right to his opinions and his Protest, declared Minister-President Dietmar Woidke (SPD). Demonstration, Assembly and freedom of expression should not be abused.

Violence of coal supporters?

The energy group Vattenfall said it is a “absolutely new quality” of Anti-coal protest. By violent pressure, a power plant have to be forced to cease production. This would directly been in the German power supply system interventions, said Chairman of the Executive Board Hartmuth Zeiß. The current group presented a criminal complaint.

Hanging Protest of coal opponents in Welzow

Violence there was, apparently, also of coal supporters. According to the environmental activists, Locals and neo-Nazi Attacks perpetrated on the brown coal opponents. From a Demonstration of supporters firecrackers had been thrown, said Alliance spokeswoman Eichberger. Also tires of the cars of coal opponents had been bitten.

A Reporter for the “daily newspaper” reported, an Unknown with a local indicator, ‘ve tried the taz-service vehicle from the road out of the way. Previously, have already tried to use a Mob to damage the car, which could be prevented by the police.

The sixth Anti-coal Camp in Lusatia

Beyond the action of “end-site” in the Lusatian mining region since last week this year’s Anti-coal Camp with about 2000 participants from all over Europe. It is the sixth in the protest camp of this type, to called of around 50 different initiatives, and environmental organizations. The Protest is part of a global action series, which is under the Slogan “#breakfree2016” against the use of fossil fuels such as coal and Oil.

For years environmental protest guards against the brown coal mining in Lusatia

In the opencast mining Welzow-South of the Swedish energy group Vattenfall annually around 20 million tons of brown coal will be encouraged. A few weeks ago, Vattenfall has announced that from the brown coal promotion out of this. Opencast mines and power plants in Germany are sold to a Czech energy company EPH, and the financial investor, PPF Investments.

cw/hf (dpa, epd)