Greta Thunberg among six detained at anti-Israel demonstration in Denmark

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Greta Thunberg Among Six Detained At Anti-Israel Demonstration In Denmark
Greta Thunberg, © PA Archive/PA Images
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By Associated Press Reporters

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said, after a demonstration against the University of Copenhagen for co-operating with Israeli universities where demonstrators shouted pro-Palestinian slogans.

The group was detained on Wednesday for suspected trespassing after police said they briefly occupied one of the entrances to the university. They were all later released.

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Police evicted the demonstrators after they hung an anti-Israel banner from one of the windows of the university’s old administration building in central Copenhagen.

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