According to a statement from the State Police Directorate, this Wednesday alone there were 19 such administrative criminal restrictions on freedom, and the total number has risen to 150 since the beginning of 2024. After a little more than four months, around 270 reports were placed and 80 stuck people were removed from traffic areas.
650 arrests last year
Last year, the police made an arrest in one of these actions 650 times, and 1,500 reports were filed. Arrests and charges were usually made due to violations of the assembly law or road traffic regulations. According to police information, adhesive blockades are completed on average within 45 minutes, some actions after just minutes – or they were prevented entirely.
Mini van placed on road
During today’s blockade in the area of the southeast bypass, a vehicle was also placed on one of the lanes in the northbound direction at the Hansson curve, the police reported. According to their own statements, the activists had chained themselves to a pipe that was embedded in concrete in the mini-van:
Since the beginning of the year, the executive has counted around 30 actions by the climate protection movement. These usually resulted in traffic disruptions and thus an official dispersal 0 This was also the case in Linz, where a protest in mid-April resulted in traffic disruptions in the city center.
- Also read: Police broke up climate demonstration: traffic jam in the Linz city area
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