INDEN/NEURATH (dpa-AFX) - After the eviction of Lützerath, coal opponents continued their protests on Tuesday morning at several locations in North Rhine-Westphalia. A bucket-wheel excavator was occupied at the Inden open-cast lignite mine, which then had to stop work. The Aachen police spoke of about 20 activists involved, a spokesman for the energy company RWE of 30 to 40.

According to police and RWE, a group of about 20 activists also occupied railway tracks leading to the Neurath power plant near Rommerskirchen. There had initially been no riots at any site. "There is no coal train here today. We stand in the way of destruction with our bodies," the "Ende Gelände" alliance tweeted above a photo of activists in white full-body suits on train tracks. "Climate protection remains manual labor!"

Police forces were gearing up for several spontaneous, decentralized actions. The action alliance "Lützerath Unräumbar," which also includes groups from Fridays For Future and Letzte Generation, had previously called for a joint day of action on Tuesday./beg/DP/mis