Scholz questions climate protests after Berlin traffic accident


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a press statement about the gas levy at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday took aim at climate protesters who have been supergluing themselves to roads, after the fire brigade said a demonstration on a Berlin autobahn had hindered their response to a severe traffic collision.

A female cyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after being run over by a truck in the capital's central district of Wilmersdorf, police said in a statement.

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