32-year-old man detained for climbing Tokyo Tower

32-year-old man detained for climbing Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers rescue in the early hours of Feb. 22 a 32-year-old man who climbed Tokyo Tower the previous day. Police said the suspect, a resident of Yuki, Ibaraki Prefecture, who had threatened to commit suicide, climbed as high as 120-130 meters -- just below the tower observatory located 150 meters above ground. He spent nearly five hours on the steel structure.

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