Parked aircrafts operated by German airline Lufthansa are pictured at Berlin Brandenburg BER airport Willy-Brandt in Schoenefeld near Berlin, Germany, on May 31, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
Climate activists have attempted to block runways at four major German airports, bringing flight operations to a standstill.
On Thursday, the Last Generation (Letzte Generation) group said eight activists were involved in the protests at Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart airports, which started at about 5 a.m.
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