Climate activists decapitate prominent Berlin Christmas tree

Activists hold the top of a Christmas Tree and show a banner reading: ‘It’s just the top of the Christmas tree’ at the Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany (Paul Zinken/dpa/AP)

Climate activists said they have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.

The group Last Generation said two of its members used a hydraulic lift and hand saw to cut six feet off the top of the 50-foot tree and hang up a banner stating: “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree.”