German Police detain Greta Thunberg when she was protesting against the expansion of an open pit mine

Climate activist

is among the climate activists detained during protests against the demolition of the town of Luetzerath on Tuesday, according to police.

Thunberg was detained while protesting

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The purpose of the eviction and demolition of the town is to expand the site.

Thunberg, who joined the protesters on Friday, was seen sitting alone in a large police bus after being detained, a witness told Reuters.

Clashes and eviction

Police announced Sunday that they had virtually finished evacuating activists gathered in an abandoned town in Germany to protest against the expansion of an open-cast coal mine.

He assured it one day after a demonstration that left dozens injured.

On Saturday, a march against the expansion of an open-cast coal mine was organized in Lützerath (west), which was attended by the young Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg and which ended in

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According to organizers, some 35,000 people took part in the protest, while police said about 15,000 attended.

The march had been organized in support of the

, abandoned, and who had already been evicted this Sunday, at the end of an evacuation operation that began on Wednesday, according to the Police.

"There are no more activists left in the Lützerath area," he said on Sunday.

That same day, a spokeswoman for the organizers of the protest, Indigo Drau, accused the Police of having exercised "pure violence" against the protesters, who were beaten "uncontrollably" by the agents, mainly on the head.

The collective Lützerath lebt!

[Lützerath lives!] mentioned dozens of injuries among the activists, due to dog bites and water cannons.

At least 20 activists were taken to hospital, said Birte Schramm, a first aid worker.

For its part, the Police stated that around 70 officers were injured in the clashes, and that legal action was taken against some 150 people.

"They attacked us with projectiles, stones, mud, firecrackers," a police spokesman, Andreas Müller, told AFP on Sunday.

"This does not fit into the framework of a peaceful demonstration," he said, insisting that several police vehicles were also damaged during the protest.

The mine, one of the largest in Europe, is operated by the energy company RWE.

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Opponents of the plan reject this argument, saying that current lignite reserves are sufficient.

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