Climate activists block key traffic points in Hamburg
Activists from the climate change group calling themselves "Last Generation" caused disruption at three important traffic points in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday. Three roads in Hamburg were blocked at the same time, starting with an obstruction of the main tunnel under the Elbe river on Thursday morning, according to officials. One activist tried to glue themselves to the road, but was dragged away by police. The climate change group defended its actions and said that "we have to pull the emergency brake, because continuing the way we are is killing us." Police officials have now reopened Hamburg's Elbe tunnel and the Elbe bridges, however traffic was backed up for several kilometers after the incident. "The clean-up and deployment activities at the Elbe tunnel are complete," police announced by early Thursday afternoon. One of the affected roads heading north towards the cities of Flensburg and Kiel was blocked by ...