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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Johan Ahlander

Greta Thunberg forcibly removed from climate protest – hours after being fined for disobeying police

TT News Agency/Andreas Hillergren/via Reuters

Greta Thunberg has been forcibly removed by police from a climate protest in the southern Swedish city of Malmo – just hours after a local court fined her for disobeying a police order during a similar protest last month.

Thunberg, 20, admitted during the court proceedings that she had disobeyed the police order but pleaded not guilty and said that she was acting out of necessity.

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