「ビッグベン」に上りパレスチナ旗、男性を逮捕　英ロンドン

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】英ロンドンで８日朝、「ビッグベン」の愛称で知られる議会議事堂の時計塔に男性がよじ登り、パレスチナ旗を掲げた。男性は結局、９日午前０時すぎに地上に降ろされ、逮捕された。警察が発表した。（写真は、英ロンドン中心部のウェストミンスター宮殿にあるエリザベスタワー〈ビッグベン〉に登り、パレスチナの旗を掲げる男性）
　現場の写真には、男性が高所作業車で、地上で待機していた救急隊員の元へ運ばれる様子が映っている。ロンドン警視庁は８日午前７時ごろに通報を受け、「長引いた事件」の後に男性を逮捕したと発表した。
　男性は時計塔にはだしで登り、緊急隊員が降りるよう促したにもかかわらず、とどまっていた。
　交渉人が消防車の昇降機に乗り、メガホンを使って男性と話したが、ソーシャルメディアに投稿された映像には、フーディーに野球帽をかぶった男性が「自分の条件で降りる」と話している様子が捉えられている。
　映像では交渉人が男性の足のけがを心配し、「かなりの量の血が出ている」と語った。夜には気温が下がるため、男性が薄着であることも指摘していた。現場にいたＡＦＰ記者によると、男性は足から出血しているように見えた。
　警察の規制テープの後ろには人が集まり、支持者は「パレスチナ解放」「あなたは英雄だ」などと叫んだ。
　警察はウェストミンスター橋を含む周辺地域を封鎖。議事堂の見学ツアーも一時中止された。男性が降りた後、周辺のすべての道路は封鎖を解かれた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/03/10-16:57）

A man who scaled London's Big Ben, and spent the day perched on the historic clock tower with a Palestinian flag, was arrested shortly after he came down after midnight Sunday, police said.
Pictures from the scene showed a cherry picker transporting him to waiting emergency crews on the ground.
London's Metropolitan Police force, which was first alerted to the climber around 0700 GMT Saturday, said the man was arrested after the protracted incident.
The man spent the day perched barefoot on a ledge several metres up the landmark, even as emergency crews urged him to come down from the Elizabeth Tower in central London, more commonly known for its clock bell, Big Ben.
Negotiators had boarded a fire truck lift and used a megaphone to speak with the man, but footage on social media showed the figure in a hoodie and baseball cap saying: I will come down on my own terms.
In the footage, negotiators indicated concerns about an injury to his foot, saying there was quite a lot of blood and that his clothes were not warm enough as temperatures dropped after nightfall.
AFP journalists at the scene earlier said the man appeared to be bleeding from his foot.
Crowds gathered from behind a police cordon, with supporters chanting Free Palestine and you are a hero.
Police had closed off the surrounding area, including Westminster Bridge, while the Houses of Parliament cancelled tours.
Westminster police later said all roads in the area had been reopened.
Every day in Parliament I see dozens of armed police officers patrolling Portcullis House and the parliamentary estate. Where were they today? Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty posted on X.
On Monday there needs to be a full explanation to MPs and staff as to how this protester was able to evade security so easily.
On Friday night, pro-Palestinian protesters sprayed GAZA IS NOT 4 SALE in huge white letters on the lawn of US President Donald Trump's golf resort in Scotland.
The Palestine Action group said it was a direct response to the US administration's stated intent to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
Police Scotland told AFP it was investigating after receiving a report of damage.