A person was arrested for climbing the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, hours earlier than the Olympics closing ceremony, Paris police instructed the BBC.
The person was noticed climbing the tower at about 14:45 native time (13:45 BST) and officers instantly intervened and arrested him, police mentioned. No extra particulars had been instantly obtainable on the person’s motivation and nationality.
Movies on social media present a shirtless man scaling the tower simply above the Olympic rings which have adorned it throughout the summer season video games.
In one other video, the person is escorted away by police, palms cuffed behind his again, and says to a bystander: “Bloody heat, innit?”
The Related Press reported that French police evacuated the world across the Eiffel Tower throughout the incident, whereas CNN additionally reported the tower was evacuated, citing police.
The BBC has not been in a position to independently confirm any evacuations or whether or not they had been nonetheless in place at 16:00.
The Eiffel Tower was the centrepiece of the grand finale of the Olympics opening ceremony, however was not anticipated to function within the closing ceremony afterward Sunday.
