North Rhine-Westphalia: eviction of Lützerath: police met only a few children

Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The police only found a few minors when they cleared Lützerath.

North Rhine-Westphalia: eviction of Lützerath: police met only a few children

Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - The police only found a few minors when they cleared Lützerath. The officials became aware of the presence of two children and two young people, according to the state government's response to two small inquiries from the FDP and AfD in the state parliament.

During the evacuation in January, the Aachen police tweeted: "In

The MPs Marcel Hafke (FDP) and Zacharias Schalley (AfD) then independently asked the state government about children in Lützerath. It also came out that the local youth welfare office did not have to take care of any children.

When asked, the Aachen police emphasized that the four cases were the documented number of children in the Lützerath operation area. The family with the toddler and the two school children had probably already withdrawn by then.

The occupied village of Lützerath was evacuated by the police within a few days in January. The area is to be dredged away for lignite mining.