超高層ビルを素手で…　登頂試みた英国人の男拘束　韓国

【ソウルＡＦＰ＝時事】韓国の警察は１２日、同国で最も高いビルの「ロッテワールドタワー」を素手で登っていた英国人の男を拘束した。（写真は韓国ソウルの「ロッテワールドタワー」の外壁を登る男性。ソウル消防災難本部提供）
　男は１２３階建てのビルの７３階付近まで登ったところで、職員に止められた。
　警察はＡＦＰに対し、男を業務妨害の疑いなどで拘束したと説明。現在、ソウル市内の警察署で取り調べを受けているという。
　高さ５５５メートルのロッテワールドタワーは、世界で５番目に高いビル。
　「フランスのスパイダーマン」として知られるアラン・ロベールさんも２０１８年、許可なしで同じビルに登り警察に拘束された。ロベールさんは７５階まで登った。
　朝鮮日報などの現地メディアは拘束されたのはジョージ・キングトンプソン容疑者だと伝えている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/06/14-16:28）

A British man was arrested in South Korea on Monday after he attempted to climb the country's tallest skyscraper -- the fifth highest in the world -- without equipment, police said.
The man was scaling the 123-storey Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul early Monday when staff spotted him, forcing him to stop his ascent as he reached the 73rd floor.
Lotte staff had to go on a gondola lift to persuade him to stop when he was still climbing above the building's 70th floor, an official from the National Police Agency told AFP.
He finally gave in and we arrested him at the scene for obstruction of official business. He is currently being questioned at a police station in Seoul's Songpa district.
The 555-metre (1,820-feet) Lotte World Tower is the world's fifth tallest building.
Alain Robert, widely known as the French Spider-Man, was jailed in 2018 after climbing the same building without permission. He ascended to the 75th storey.
Local media, including newspaper Chosun Ilbo, have identified the British man in custody as George King-Thompson.
The Daily Mail reported in 2021 that King-Thompson had been jailed for attempting to scale the Shard, a 72-storey skyscraper in London.