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Prosecutors: German climate activists suspected of forming criminal organisation

FILE PHOTO: Police respond below as protesters sit on various A9 motorway sign-board structures with messages to reduce the speed limit on highways as well as for affordable public transport, outside Munich, Germany December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo

German prosecutors said on Wednesday police carried out searches across seven states on Tuesday in their investigation of climate activists from the Last Generation group, suspecting possible criminal acts and the formation of a "criminal organisation".

The investigation was connected to possible criminal acts in connection to activities around the Schwedt oil refinery, a statement said. A spokesperson for Last Generation had dismissed the searches on Tuesday as an attempt at intimidation.

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