エッフェル塔からパラシュートで落下、男を逮捕　仏パリ

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの首都パリで１７日、エッフェル塔からパラシュートで飛び降りた男が逮捕された。警察とエッフェル塔の運営会社ＳＥＴＥが明らかにした。（写真は資料写真）
　男は熟練クライマーで、エッフェル塔の開場前の午前５時すぎに敷地内に侵入した。
　ＳＥＴＥによると、警備員がすぐに男に気付いたものの、止める間もなく男は高さ３３０メートルのエッフェル塔の頂上に到達。バックパックに入れていたパラシュートを装着し、飛び降りた。
　警察は、男が近くのスタジアムに着地したところを、周囲を危険にさらしたとして逮捕した。
　ＳＥＴＥは「このような無責任な行動は、エッフェル塔やその下で働く人々を危険にさらす」とコメントした。この日は通常の営業時間である午前９時より少し遅れたという。同社は男を刑事告訴した。
　エッフェル塔はパリ随一の観光スポットで、２０２２年には観光客５９０万人が訪れた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/18-16:22）

A man was arrested in Paris on Thursday after jumping off the Eiffel Tower with a parachute, police and the monument's operator said.
The man, an experienced climber, entered the tower's perimeter shortly after 5.00 am (0300 GMT), well before its official opening.
He was quickly detected by guards, according to the site's operator Sete, but still managed to get to the top before anybody could stop him, carrying the parachute in a backpack.
Once he got near the top of the 330-metre-high structure, he jumped.
The man landed in a nearby stadium where he was arrested for endangering the lives of others, police said.
This kind of irresponsible action puts people working at or below the tower in danger, Sete said in a statement.
The Eiffel Tower is the French capital's top tourist spot, attracting 5.9 million visitors in 2022.
The tower's opening, usually at 9:00 am, was slightly delayed due to the incident, Sete said, adding that it had filed criminal charges against the man.
Last week, the Eiffel Tower was evacuated twice on the same day following hoax bomb alerts.
And on Monday, two inebriated American tourists were found sleeping off a heavy night in the heights of the tower, having dodged security the night before.