German mine protest: 8 police injured

By Elke Silberer and Oliver Auster, Dpa
Updated June 23 2019 - 8:48am, first published 8:43am
Thousands of German climate activists have protested against the Garzweiler open-cast coalmine.
Thousands of German climate activists have protested against the Garzweiler open-cast coalmine.

Climate activists broke through a police line and stormed a mine in western Germany on Saturday to protest against coal mining and demand action against climate change.

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