Last generation climate activists continued their protests on Wednesday at Praterstern (video above) and at the distribution circle in Vienna. This once again brought traffic to a standstill. An emergency vehicle was not cleared during the protests, police confirm. A new discussion is sparked.
He was 69 years old. He collapsed in his apartment in Schwechat shortly before 8 a.m. The emergency call was dialled. Four minutes later, a rescue team from Lower Austria was on site. The emergency doctor helicopter C9 was ready – a car from the Viennese professional rescue service also tried to get through to the scene. In vain. Because climate adhesive had blocked the distribution circuit. The rescuers were only able to pass the demo blockade with blue lights thanks to police support. Too late for the patient. What remains is a dead person on Mautner-Markhof-Straße – because the 69-year-old died – and the question of whether he could not have been saved. The fact is: first the last generation denied – “Far and far” no rescue vehicle would have been in sight, said spokesman Florian Wagner. In the evening he had to row back. In the rush, they did not call and inform the rescue control center. There was silence about the man’s death. Cyclist died in Berlin There has been a lot of discussion in the past few weeks and months about the actually positive basic ideas of the young activists – but also a lot went or is apparently going wrong. In Berlin, a cyclist was run over by a concrete mixer in 2022 and trapped – firefighters with special equipment had no chance of getting to the scene of the accident because activists were stuck on the street. She is dead! The court acquitted Klima-Kleber that they were “not negligently responsible for the woman’s death”. According to the police, they were reported as endangering physical safety and obstructing an emergency vehicle. Always!” Tougher penalties demanded Meanwhile, some politicians reacted with outrage. “We warned months ago that this unannounced activism could hamper rescue workers. It is shocking that this danger was simply smiled at by the pacifiers. My thoughts are with the bereaved, “said Lower Austria’s governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP). Secretary of State for Youth Claudia Plakolm (ÖVP) made an urgent appeal to the coalition partner: “Please wake up, this has nothing to do with demo romance.” Plakolm now expected “serious talks about a massive increase in penalties.” “Our legislation urgently needs to be adapted to these current challenges. It needs a change in the assembly law and imprisonment,” said the state party chairman of the Vienna People’s Party, Karl Mahrer. FPÖ traffic spokesman Christian Hafenecker criticized “crazy actions” by “climate terrorists”. It needs “immediate massive increase in penalties, so that such a tragedy can not be repeated”.
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