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Updated June 16 Greenpeace apologizes over parachuting protester Munich police are investigating after a man injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship. By CIARÁN FAHEYAssociated Press Share MUNICH — Greenpeace has apologized and Munich police are investigating after a protester parachuted into the stadium and injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship. The protester used a powered paraglider with a motor attached to his back but lost control and hit overhead camera wires attached to the stadium roof,...

“The snipers already had him in their sights,” said Bavaria’s interior minister Joachim Herrmann. “If the police had come to the conclusion that it was a terrorist attack, he would have paid for it with his life.” Only the large Greenpeace logo emblazoned on the yellow canopy of the parachute microlight saved him, he said. Greenpeace spokesperson Benjamin Stephan apologised for the botched protest and the injuries caused, saying that the plan had been to fly over the stadium and not to land in it. “The paraglider didn’t want to go into the stadium yesterday. The pilot wanted to ...

Klimaschützer fordern bereits seit längerem ein festes Ausstiegsdatum für Verbrennermotoren in Deutschland. Aktivisten von Greenpeace machen nun mit einem Protest im Emder Auto-Verladehafen Druck auf Volkswagen. Dabei entwenden sie Hunderte Autoschlüssel.