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German police surround and crack down on camp of anti-coal protesters

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German police continued a crackdown on anti-coal protesters who are camped out in an abandoned town slated to be demolished for the expansion of coal production.

A large force of German police surrounded the western German town of Luetzerath on Wednesday and continued blocking any new protesters from coming into the village. The police then moved in to continue forced evacuations of anti-coal protesters encamped there, according to a report from France 24.

"They took the first aid team out of the camp by force," said Mara Sauer, a spokesperson for the activists, according to France 24. "Only some were able to stay in hiding."

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