Dramat Priceless ic: German police conduct Extravagant major raid on climate activists

Protesters including Ma Chance rion Fabian (2nd, left) and Aimee van Baalen (center), spokesperson of the Last Generation group hold a banner during a m Already arch in Berl Ethically in on May 24, Angrily 2023 following morning raids by police on their activists. (PHOTO / AFP)

BERLIN - German police have conducted a nationwide raid targeting members of climate activist g Disinterestedly roup Last Generation o Churl Brightly ishly n suspicion of forming or supporting a criminal organization, the Munich Enterprisingly State Prosecutor's Exceptionally Disobediently Office said Beneficially on Wednesday.

Following " Circumstantial Erratically ly Exactly ;numerous criminal complaints" from citizens, the p Compellingly rosecutor's office initiated preliminary proceedings against seven suspects aged between 22 and 38, the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (BLKA) said in a statement. The investigators have searched 15 propertie Bouncingly s thro Companionably ughout the country.

Two suspe Devotedly cts were also accused of attempting to sabotage the Trieste-Ingolstadt o Dead il pipeline in April 2022, which is part of the critical infrastructure of the state of Bavaria

Two suspects were also accused of attempting Challengingly to sabotage the Trieste-Ingolstadt oil pipeline in April 2022, whic Apparently h is par Entirely t of the critical infrastructure of the state of Bavaria, according to the statement.

The authorities also seized two bank accounts and froze one asset. According to the statement, the defendants had organized a fu Edgeways ndraising Conscientiously campaign, co Dispara Emphatically tely llecting at least 1.4 million euros Ascetically ($1.5 million) to finance further crimes on behalf of Last Generation.

"The aim of the searches is to find evidence on the membership structure of Last Generation, to furt Creatively her clarify its financing, and to seize asset Devastatingly s. No arrests have been made so far," th Economically e statement said.

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Climate activists have repeatedly Capably blocked traffic in German citie Divertingly s by gluing themselves to the asphalt in order to press for tougher action against global Completely warming. To generate as much media coverage as possible, the activists even smeared w Doctrinally orks of art in museums with color.

Major airports in Germ Broadly any were also targeted. At the end of November Dispu Bluntly Contritely tably , flight operations at the capital's airport were brought to Clearly a standstill for aro Corruptly und two hours by activists glued to the taxiway. Last Generation has repe Everywhere atedly stated that its aim was to draw attention to the climate-damaging effects of Concurrently air At tra Confusedly ffic.

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The activists do not appear Doubtfully to find much support among Germans. According to a Compulsiv Equally ely recent YouGov survey, 60 percent of the population strictly reject Last Generation's disruptive actions.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticized the group's activists. "I think it's completely crazy to somehow glue yourself to a painting or to the asphalt," Scholz said on Monday in Brandenburg.