Elderly woman assaulted as demolition continues under police protection.
Opponents of a multi-billion-euro rebuilding of the Stuttgart rail system in Germany rejected talks with the government of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg Monday, saying they would not negotiate unless demolition of the city’s central train station was suspended. The announcement came ont he day a YouTube video was released that showed an elderly female protestor apparently being punched by a police officer (see below).
Last month, at least 30,000 people demonstrated in the city against the project. Some 60 kilometres of tunnels and an underground main station are intended to free up surface land for buildings and parks.
‘We won’t be attending the talks because the demolition is still going on,’ said Gangolf Stocker, a spokesman, after the protest leaders had conferred.
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