Protester scales Big Ben tower in London, prompting road closures
9/3/2025 7:01
Video footage on social media showed a large crowd gathered in Parliament Square as the man climbed the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, on Saturday morning.
Emergency services attempted to communicate with him using an aerial ladder platform, but the man refused to come down. A small team of negotiators was deployed to persuade him, but as of press time, he remained atop the tower, according to The Guardian.
At least nine fire and ambulance vehicles were dispatched to central London, and parliamentary tours were canceled as a result of the incident, a spokesperson said.
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