About: http://data.cimple.eu/news-article/0c99502ba6a49f362baba15efc1b667b6785ab623f717944652a4b02     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : schema:NewsArticle, within Data Space : data.cimple.eu associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
schema:articleBody
  • Police in Munich said Wednesday they were investigating a Greenpeace activist for "several offences" after the 38-year-old parachuted into the stadium before the Germany-France Euro 2020 match, injuring two people. The widely condemned stunt, which Greenpeace said did not go as planned, was captured on camera shortly before kick-off on Tuesday evening. The activist was seen flying over the stadium in Munich strapped to a yellow parachute microlight before apparently getting tangled in overhead camera wires. He was thrown off course and narrowly avoided crashing into the stands before landing on the pitch among the players. His parachute had "Kick out oil!" written on it. The pilot, later identified as a 38-year-old from Germany's Baden-Wuerttemberg state, was detained by police. Police said two men were injured during the activist's attempts to land. Both suffered head injuries and were taken to hospital. There was no immediate update on their condition on Wednesday morning, a Munich police spokesman told AFP. The activist himself was not hurt. "The aircraft was seized," Munich police said. "Investigations are now being conducted into several offences under the criminal code and the air traffic act, among others." Greenpeace was quick to apologise for the protest gone awry, saying the aim had been for the activist to drop a latex ball with a protest message onto the pitch. "Technical difficulties forced the pilot to land inside the stadium. We deeply regret that this put people in danger and caused injuries," the environmental campaign group said. Greenpeace said on Twitter that the protest action was aimed at urging Euro 2020 sponsor Volkswagen to stop selling diesel and petrol cars. The botched protest drew a chorus of condemnation. Munich police said they had "no understanding whatsoever for such irresponsible actions". UEFA called it "a reckless and dangerous action" which "could have had very serious consequences for a huge number of people attending". Bavarian prime minister Markus Soeder, whose state was hosting the match, told local radio the authorities were taking the matter seriously. "This was not a trivial offence," he said. mfp/hmn/wdb
schema:headline
  • German police probe 'irresponsible' Greenpeace stunt at Euro match
schema:mentions
schema:author
schema:datePublished
http://data.cimple...sPoliticalLeaning
http://data.cimple...logy#hasSentiment
http://data.cimple...readability_score
http://data.cimple...tology#hasEmotion
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.115 as of Oct 09 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3238 as of Jul 16 2024, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 11 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2025 OpenLink Software