Police investigators searched the premises of climate activists from the Last Generation group on Tuesday. The public prosecutor’s office in Neuruppin told the newspapers that there had been searches at eleven locations in several federal states spark media group with. “A little more than eleven people” are being investigated for disrupting public services. However, the suspicion of the formation of a criminal organization is also being examined. There were no arrests.
The climate activists previously reported on Twitter that there had been house searches from 5 a.m. Electronic devices such as laptops and cell phones were confiscated, as were posters. According to Aimée van Baalen from the “Last Generation”, dogs were also used in some cases.
Carla Hinrichs, spokeswoman for the group, tweeted on Tuesday morning: “Yes, it’s scary when the police go through your closet. But do you seriously think we’re going to stop now?” Another tweet from the group said: “The government is leading us into climate collapse, into the irretrievable destruction of our livelihoods and those of our children. We point this out. And we will continue to do so unchanged. Because we are the last generation, who can do that.”
According to the Neuruppin public prosecutor, the raid is related to an action by climate activists at the PCK refinery in Schwedt in the spring. Members of the group, which rejects any kind of fossil energy and also the operation of Schwedt, repeatedly turned off check valves on lines in the region – including in May, as the “Last Generation” itself announced.