Overview

• Security personnel detected three climbers on the Eiffel Tower at around 5:20 AM on August 9.
• One man deployed a parachute to descend onto the Champ-de-Mars before being immediately arrested.
• The two other climbers were escorted down by GRIMP units and firefighters and then taken into custody.
• Each has been charged with unauthorized intrusion into a listed monument, prompting the operator to file an official complaint.
• They will appear before the Paris prosecutor’s office on August 10 for a composition pénale hearing that delivers swift sanction.