British man detained after climbing 72nd floor of Seoul skyscraper

 

This photo provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Management Headquarters, shows an unidentified British man climbing Lotte World Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the country, in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 12, 2023. The British man was detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands on Monday, authorities said. (The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Management Headquarters, via AP).

BY HYUNG-JIN KIM

Published 4:45 PM GMT+5, June 12, 2023

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A British man was detained after climbing more than half way up the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper in Seoul with only his bare hands on Monday, authorities said.

More than 90 emergency, police and other personnel were dispatched to the 123-story, 555-meter (1,820-foot) -tall Lotte World Tower, after the man was spotted scaling the building on Monday morning, the Seoul fire agency said in a statement.

The man, in his 20s, reached the 72nd floor, which is about 310 meters (1,020 feet) high, before officials took him to a gondola lift and moved him inside the building, the statement said.

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