Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and detained on Tuesday throughout a protest at a German village being razed to make means for a coal mine enlargement, police mentioned.

“The group is within the custody of the police,” a police spokeswoman said when asked about the arrest of Thunberg and other activists in the western village of Luetzerath.

Images showed Thunberg being picked up by police officers wearing helmets and then walked to a waiting bus.

Those detained had “broken away from the demonstration” and ran in the direction of the sting of an open pit, police mentioned.

Police mentioned they had been working to establish the protesters in custody, and a choice can be made later about what additional motion to take.

The spokeswoman mentioned the activists had not been formally arrested.

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