Activists throw fireworks, bottles and stones at police outside Luetzerath, which is due to be demolished to make way for the Garzweiler lignite mine.
abc.net.au/news/germany-luetzerath-garzweiler-mine-protest/101824846Scuffles have broken out outside a village in western Germany set to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan drawing resistance from climate activists.Officials have called for a nonviolent end to their occupationActivists threw fireworks, bottles and stones at police outside the village of Luetzerath before the situation calmed down and officers pulled back, German news agency dpa reported.
The Heinsberg county administration has issued an order barring people from Luetzerath and, if they fail to leave, authorising police to clear the village from January 10 onward.
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