Intruder arrested after scaling scaffolding at UK Parliament
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British police have arrested an intruder who scaled scaffolding and got onto the roof of Parliament.
London's Metropolitan Police force says officers were called late Wednesday morning "to reports of a man acting suspiciously" near an entrance to the building. The man then climbed a fence and scaled scaffolding to the roof.
Parliament's Big Ben clock tower is currently covered in scaffolding for repair work.
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The force says officers arrested the man for trespassing. The incident is not being treated as terrorism-related.
Photos showed armed police officers in the scaffolding after the arrest.
The intruder entered the grounds of Parliament at the Carriage Gates entrance. That's where a police officer was stabbed to death in March 2017 by an attacker who also ran down several pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge.