Police raids target climate activists after Frankfurt Airport protest
Police search the "Center of Islamic Culture Frankfurt e.V.". 54 locations in seven federal states were searched on Thursday as part of the investigation into the "Islamic Center Hamburg" (IHZ). The Federal Ministry of the Interior confirmed this in the morning. Photo: Helmut Fricke/dpa
Police are searching the homes of members of the Last Generation climate protest group in Berlin following disruptive actions at several airports in Germany, a police spokesman told dpa on Thursday.
Last Generation said searches were also under way in Freiburg, Halle, Leipzig and Mannheim. In total, homes of “peaceful protesters” were searched, and DNA samples were taken at eight locations in Germany, the climate group said.
The measures are being taken “at the instigation and on the application of the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office,” the Berlin police spokesman said. He did not provide any further details and referred to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Hesse.
According to the climate group, the raid affected the eight members of Last Generation who were involved in a disruptive protest at Frankfurt Airport on July 25.
The demonstrators stopped operations at the airport for several hours with some members gluing themselves to the runways. According to previous statements from the police in Frankfurt, four men, two women, and two non-binary individuals aged between 20 and 44 took part in the protest.
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