Daredevil scales tower
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An unknown daredevil yesterday scaled The Shard in London 鈥 currently the tallest building in the European Union 鈥 without the apparent assistance of a safety harness or ropes.
Footage of the stunt published by British newspapers showed the man climbing near the very top of the narrow pyramid-shaped building on the banks of the River Thames. 鈥淧olice were called at 05:15 hours on Monday, following reports of a 鈥榝ree-climber鈥 on the Shard,鈥 police said in a statement. 鈥淓mergency services attended and the man is now with officers. He was not arrested.鈥 The Shard got a court injunction against Alain Robert 鈥 known as the French Spiderman 鈥 to stop his planned attempt in 2012. Robert鈥檚 representative said he was currently in Bali.
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