Activists fined for crash-landing a parachute in stadium before Germany-France match
BERLIN — A German surgeon has been ordered to pay a nice of seven,200 euros ($7,900) for parachuting into the stadium earlier than a European Championship match in Munich two years in the past as a part of a botched local weather protest.
A Munich regional court docket convicted the 40-year-old Greenpeace activist Tuesday of endangering air visitors and negligent bodily hurt for crash-landing his propeller-powered parachute contained in the Allianz Arena simply earlier than Germany have been as a consequence of play France in June 2021.
Three folks, together with the defendant, have been injured within the stunt, throughout which he first threw a big inflatable ball bearing the phrases “Kick out oil” onto the pitch earlier than turning into entangled in a metal wire.
Greenpeace mentioned it regretted the incident and the defendant apologized for his actions in the course of the trial. He was additionally ordered to pay 3,500 euros in damages to one of many individuals who have been injured.
A 36-year-old man who helped set up the protest was ordered to pay a nice of three,000 euros.
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