In Germany, traffic was suspended at Frankfurt airport after an incursion by environmental activists

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2024-07-25 05:50:59

The action was claimed by environmental activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Action).

Published on 07/25/2024 07:49


Updated 25/07/2024 08:02

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In Germany, traffic was suspended at Frankfurt airport after an incursion by environmental activists

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Machines known to land. Due to the intrusion of environmental activists, traffic at Frankfurt airport, the first in Germany, was disrupted on Wednesday July 25. All takeoffs and landings are suspended in Frankfurt, said the airport on social networks Flights to the center of Germany are transferred to other airports, it is also specific.

The action was claimed by activists from the group Letzte Generation (Last Action), the author of many extraordinary actions in the name of climate protection. At this time, this action was taken Ask “The German government to participate in the development and signing of a legal international agreement that regulates the phasing out of oil, gas and coal worldwide by 2030.”

“Six demonstrators used small pliers to make openings in the walls (of the airport) and arrived on foot, by bike and on skateboards in different places around the runways and landings,” explains a click release from the group. For their part, the police could not specify the number of activists on the tarmac, or the duration of the intervention.

This terrorist act is part of an international campaign carried out with other organizations, they also said. On Wednesday, several environmental organizations took action against airports in Europe, including London’s Heathrow airport, the first in Europe, and Cologne airport in Germany.

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