エッフェル塔で熟睡、一晩過ごした米国人観光客を発見　仏

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】仏パリのエッフェル塔で、米国人観光客２人が警備の目をかいくぐって一晩を過ごし、熟睡しているところを発見された。運営会社ＳＥＴＥが１５日、明らかにした。（写真は仏パリのエッフェル塔）
　ＳＥＴＥによれば、午前９時の営業開始前の「早朝」に巡回中の警備員が２人を起こしたという。
　警察筋によれば、２人は１３日午後１０時４０分ごろに入場券を購入。最上階から階段で下りる途中で、立ち入り禁止の規制を突破した。
　ＳＥＴＥは２人について、酩酊（めいてい）状態で２階と３階の間にある通常は非公開のエリアに入り込み、屋根のない場所で一晩を過ごしたと説明し、「明らかな脅威はもたらさなかった」との見方を示している。
　パリ検察は、「酔っ払って動けなくなったようだ」とＡＦＰに説明した。
　警察筋によると、危険な高所で救助活動を行う専門チームを含む消防士が派遣された。その後、２人はパリ７区の警察署に連行され、事情聴取を受けた。ＳＥＴＥは刑事告訴する意向を示している。
　２人の発見を受け、エッフェル塔は１４日朝、約１時間遅れで営業を開始した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/16-16:47）

Two American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of Paris' Eiffel Tower on Monday, after dodging security the night before, the monument's operator said Tuesday.
Security guards roused the men in the early morning as they were making their rounds before the French landmark's 9:00 am opening time, publicly-owned Eiffel Tower operator Sete said.
They appear to have got stuck because of how drunk they were, Paris prosecutors told AFP.
The inebriated Americans had spent their illicit night under the stars in a spot normally closed to the public between the tower's second and third levels, but did not pose any apparent threat, said Sete.
After paying for an entry ticket around 10:40 pm on Sunday, the pair hopped security barriers while climbing down the stairs from the tower's top, a police source said.
Firefighters, including a specialist unit for recovering people from dangerous heights, were sent to recover the interlopers, the police source added.
Both men were brought to the police station in Paris' seventh district for questioning, while Sete said it would file a criminal complaint.
The discovery of the nocturnal infiltrators delayed the tower's opening to the public on Monday morning for around an hour.
Two bomb threats had on Saturday forced the evacuation of the landmark, and police are now investigating.
A further email with a bomb threat against the 330-metre (1080 feet) steel tower was sent to three Paris police stations on Monday, but police advised against evacuating it.