Climate stickers block ambulances in Vienna

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Climate stickers paralyzed traffic in Vienna on Wednesday. Two protest actions by the Last Generation action group took place – one at the Praterstern in the city center and one at the distribution circle in Vienna-Favoriten. In that last blockage, the air conditioning stickers prevented an ambulance on its way to resuscitation from driving.

The road was only reopened after police intervention. The Viennese police writes: “After the unreported gatherings were officially disbanded and the activists did not voluntarily leave the premises, the people were freed from the asphalt with a special agent and then removed from the road.”

Nine climate stickers were arrested on Wednesday. The activists will be reported.

“It’s always about human life”

The Viennese professional rescue service confirmed the delay to the APA news agency: “The roadway was only clear for us after the police intervened,” said a spokeswoman for the professional rescue service.. “There was an operation in Lower Austria where an elderly gentleman had to be resuscitated. That’s why we arrived a few minutes later.”

The patient died during the operation. Whether the man died due to loss of time cannot be estimated, said the spokeswoman. “But unfortunately it’s always about human lives.”

As a spokesman for the last generation tells APA, according to “people’s information, there was not a rescue vehicle in sight” at the distribution circuit. The spokesperson emphasizes: “If the police or other people point us to an emergency vehicle, we will of course open the roadway. For any protest, we will contact the rescue coordination centers and inform them of upcoming protests.” The last generation always form rescue lanes and vehemently deny the allegations.

Air conditioner sticker dragged off the street

According to the police, some passers-by would have become violent against the climate stickers during the blockade at the distribution circle. The activists were threatened dangerously. A video that the last generation posted on Twitter shows passersby dragging the climate stickers off the street. The activists write: “What happens when crops fail, food prices rise, water becomes scarce and public safety is no longer guaranteed?” (Darling)

Source: Blick