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German police clash with demonstrators as Greta Thunberg joins anti-coal activists to save Luetzerath village

German police clashed with environmental protesters on Saturday at a village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg turned up at the protest, in the hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany, and condemned the move.

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Local media reported stones being thrown at police and one protester was seen with a head injury, as ambulance sirens sounded near the protest site.