Man arrested after night on British parliament roof

man was arrested Sunday after spending
the night wandering around on the roof of
the Briish parliament.

The 23-year-old man, who has not been
named, spent around eight hours on top of
the Palace of Westminster in London after
first being spotted late Saturday.
Police, fire and ambulance crews were
called to the scene, with police negotiators
also in attendance.
It is still unclear who the man was and why
he was on the roof.

“At 05:01am (0501 GMT) on Sunday the
man was detained,” London’s Scotland
Yard police headquarters said in a
statement.
“He was arrested on suspicion of criminal
damage and trespassing. He has been
taken to a central London police station
pending further enquiries.

“At this stage it is too early to ascertain the
reason as to why the man was trespassing
on the roof.”

The BBC said the man was on his own,
moving around a lot and seemed calm, with
his hands in his pockets, staring down at
the onlookers on the ground.

The roof has been the scene of stunts by
campaigners in the past, including by
protesters demonstrating against plans for
a third runway at London Heathrow Airport
in 2008, and by Greenpeace a year later.