London emergency services called as man climbs up Big Ben tower
Mar 09, 2025
London [UK], March 9: Emergency services have been called to the Palace of Westminster, the seat of Britain's parliament, where a man has scaled one of the buildings.
Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge holding a Palestine flag several metres up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben.
At least nine emergency service vehicles lined Bridge Street in central London and crowds looked on from beyond a police cordon.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: "At 7.24am on Saturday March 8 officers were alerted to a man climbing up the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament.
A spokesman for London Fire Brigade said: "Firefighters are responding alongside the Metropolitan Police Service to reports of a person scaling the Palace of Westminster."
Source: Qatar Tribune
