Copenhagen: Danish police on Wednesday apprehended activist Greta Thunberg at a Copenhagen protest against the war in Gaza, a spokesperson for the student group organising the demonstration said. India TV was able to confirm the location and the date of the videos from the original file metadata and the GPS coordinates.
Six people were detained at the scene, at Copenhagen University after some 20 people had blocked the entrance to a building and three entered, a police spokesperson told Reuters. Police declined to confirm the identities of any of those arrested but a spokesperson for the Students Against the Occupation told the news agency Reuters that Thunberg had been held. A picture of Thunberg published by the daily Ekstra Bladet showed Thunberg wearing what the newspaper said were handcuffs.
"While the situation in Palestine worsens, the University of Copenhagen continues its collaboration with Israeli universities and thereby contributes to knowledge that is used to commit genocide. Our university must not contribute to genocide," 'Students Against the Occupation' said in a statement on Instagram.
Widely known for her campaign to end man-made climate change, Swedish-born Thunberg has increasingly taken up the Palestinian cause and said in May such protests "should be everywhere".
Copenhagen University may take disciplinary action
A video posted by Students Against the Occupation, a pro-Palestinian student group, showed uniformed police officers leading Thunberg and other detainees into a police van while handcuffed or with their hands tied behind their backs.
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, Kristian Cedervall Lauta, prorector of education at the university said in an email. Thunberg is not a student at the university.
(With inputs from agency)
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