[Stire] Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained at coal mine protest

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German police detained famed environmental activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, according to video of ongoing protests against a coal mine's expansion.

She was released later, police said.

Video and still images appeared to show police in riot gear carrying away a limp Thunberg, 20, by her arms and legs in the hamlet of Lützerath, west of Cologne and near Garzweiler coal mine.

Thunberg did not appear to be in distress and was smiling at points of her apprehension, video showed.

Thunberg and other protesters "stormed" to the edge of the open-cast mine, which is steep and dangerous, said a police spokesman in the far western city of Aachen, which borders Belgium and the Netherlands.

Thunberg and other protesters were detained for identification, said police, who added that they had not been arrested.

"A high profile is not a carte blanche," a police spokesman told Britain's Sky News when asked about Thunberg's detention.

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