A police spokesperson confirmed that the two activists hit each other shortly after 8 pm and were arrested when they emerged from the podium.
Members of the environmental activist group The Last Generation glued themselves to a conductor’s lectern. Wednesday evening before a classical music concert in the Hamburg Philharmonic concert hall.
A video posted by the group on Twitter shows a man and woman in orange vests climbing the stage at a concert hall in northern Germany.
++ Festgeklebt bei Beethoven-Konzert ++
„Kindern Kindern die Lebensgrundlage nehmen, weil es zu bequem ist etwas zu ändern?“
With Beethoven’s inspiration from Violinkonzert, Planeten became radiant. #Elbphilharmonie pic.twitter.com/d9AzeK8Je5
— Letzte Generation (@AufstandLastGen) 23 November 2022
Then they begin to address the public and Call for resistance against the German government’s climate policiesreported the DPA, which is lazy in the opinion of the activists.
“Just as there is only one Beethoven violin concerto, we only have this planet whose borders we despise so much that earthly disasters climate becomes more frequent and deadly‘, says an activist in a video released by the organization.
He also points out that if the water level continues to rise, the Elbphilharmonie, a landmark in Hamburg harbor, will be under threat.
A police spokesperson confirmed to the said agency that two activists had stuck to a railing in the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie shortly after 8 pm.
Later on, they got off the conductor’s podium and were arrested.
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