Danish police detain activist Greta Thunberg during pro-Palestinian protest
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The police said six people were detained at the scene at Copenhagen University after some 20 people had blocked the entrance to a building and three entered.
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COPENHAGEN – The Danish police on Sept 4 apprehended activist Greta Thunberg at a Copenhagen protest against the war in Gaza and Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, a spokesperson for the student group organising the demonstration said.
Ms Thunberg was later released from detention, according to Danish media reports, and the daily Ekstra Bladet showed video footage of her walking out of a police station.
Six people were detained at the scene at Copenhagen University after some 20 people blocked the entrance to a building and three entered, a police spokesperson told Reuters.
Widely known for her campaign to end man-made climate change, the Swedish-born Ms Thunberg has increasingly taken up the Palestinian cause and said in May that such protests “should be everywhere”.
Video posted by Students Against the Occupation, a pro-Palestinian student group, showed uniformed police officers leading Ms Thunberg and other detainees into a police van while handcuffed or with their hands tied behind their backs.
Ms Thunberg wore a scarf around her shoulders imprinted with the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh pattern, a common symbol among pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
The Copenhagen University may take disciplinary action against enrolled students who took part in the protest, Mr Kristian Cedervall Lauta, pro-rector of education at the university said in an e-mail. Ms Thunberg is not a student at the university. REUTERS
