Police arrest climber who tried to scale Eiffel Tower on last day of Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 Olympics - Paris 2024 Olympics Preview - Paris, France - July 21, 2024 Soldiers patrol a street in front of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Olympics. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - A climber scaled the north face of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday, the last day of the Olympics, before he was intercepted by police mid-way up, police said.

"At 2.45 pm, an individual was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower. The police immediately intervened and arrested the individual," a police spokesman said.