Man on parliament roof: mystery climber arrested
A man who sparked an alert after getting onto the roof at the Palace of Westminster is arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and trespassing.
Emergency services including police negotiators, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service were called when the 23-year-old was seen on the top of the building just after 9pm.
He was detained around eight hours later and taken to a police station.
In a statement Scotland Yard said: “At 9.15pm officers were made aware of a man trespassing on the roof at the Palace of Westminster.
“At this stage it is too early to ascertain the reason as to why the man was trespassing on the roof.”
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A spokesman for the House of Commons said: “The incident is currently being investigated by police.
“We will wait and see the outcome of that before we proceed.”
The roof has been the scene of stunts by campaign groups in the past, including by protesters demonstrating against plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport in 2008, and Greenpeace a year later.