Local weather activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Saturday (4/6) in The Hague, Netherlands, throughout an indication by environmental group Extinction Revolt in opposition to fossil gasoline subsidies.
Thunberg was led right into a bus by Dutch police together with different protesters, who tried to dam a significant freeway.
The Swedish activist took half in a mobilization of tons of of individuals and was arrested when she and a gaggle of round 100 individuals tried to dam the A12 motorway.
Entry to this freeway has been blocked for lengthy hours greater than 10 occasions in current months by activists calling for an finish to all fossil gasoline subsidies.
In earlier demonstrations, the police had taken the arrested protesters to a different a part of town, the place they’d launched them with out additional penalties.
The native police haven’t but commented on the incident.
: APE-MEP
