None of the more than 200 people who were arrested on Saturday around the climate actions at Schiphol-East are still in custody. A spokesman for the Marechaussee reported on Sunday morning that the latter were sent out just before midnight on Saturday.
The spokesperson says that about 400 activists were involved in the action on Saturday. They are said to have been guilty of, among other things, entering prohibited areas and destroying, for example, fencing. Possible damage to private jets is also being looked into. “Who did what exactly is part of the investigation,” said the spokesman.
The Marechaussee has been busy with the registration and identification of those involved, the spokesman said. “That was not always easy. Some had put glue on their fingers, making fingerprinting difficult.”
More than two hundred
Among the approximately 400 activists, according to the spokesman, there were people who chose to leave when given the opportunity. They were not arrested. “I heard an activist say that he still had to work that evening,” says the spokesman. The people who were eventually detained chose to stay. The spokesperson could not say exactly how many people that concerns on Sunday morning. He keeps it at more than two hundred for the time being.
Surprised by action
The activists of Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion arrived on Saturday afternoon after sawing through a fence with a grinder, among other things, the Schiphol-East site, where business and private flights with small aircraft are handled. Some of the activists chained themselves to a number of devices, others cycled around on the platform. The military police said they were surprised by the action.