Extinction Rebellion protest ties Melbourne traffic in knots
Victoria Police charged a 39-year-old man over the death of a woman in Cobram, north of Melbourne. Photo: AAP
Victoria Police have made multiple arrests after climate-change activists descended on Melbourne’s CBD and snarled city traffic.
Hundreds of people joined an Extinction Rebellion march from Treasury Gardens to Flinders Street Station in the city on Saturday afternoon.
A smaller group of protesters then staged a sit-in, blocking traffic as they refused to move off the road at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets.
“A number of protesters remained at the intersection of Flinders and Swanston streets after being told to move on,” Victoria Police said in a statement on Saturday night.
Police arrested 32 people who remained on the roadway, with 27 of them to be charged on summons with obstruction of a road.
Five of the protesters needed to be carried from the road by police.
They will be charged with intentional obstruction of an emergency worker and hindering police.
-AAP
