PARIS: Police on Sunday arrested a climber who scaled the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the last day of the Olympics before he was intercepted by police mid-way up.
“At 2.45 pm, an individual was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower. The police immediately intervened and arrested the individual,” a police spokesman said.
Videos viral on social media showed the bare-chested climber at the Olympic rings as he made his way up to the top of the tower without ropes.
In one video, the climber can be heard saying to bystanders “bloody warm, innit?” as he is escorted off the viewing platform of the Eiffel Tower by police.
