London, Sept 3, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A protester who climbed the clocktower at London’s King’s Cross train station with a dog, was brought down safely on Tuesday.
The demonstrator had unfurled a banner that read “Iran belongs to its people.” The man, wearing a black t-shirt emblazoned with the words “no to war,” scaled the structure, clutching a dog at around 8am (0700 GMT) on Tuesday.
Firefighters went up in a cherry picker in an attempt to talk to the activist, eventually persuading him to hand over the dog and allow it to be brought to the ground, around three hours into the stand-off.
Onlookers cheered as the animal came safely down, and the protester agreed to come down shortly before midday.
A spokesman for British Transport Police said, officers had been called to the station to “reports of a person in a precarious position”.
A cordon was put in place around the tower, where the protester could at times be seen standing up on the ledge, where he was perched.
He packed his banner away shortly before midday, and was brought to the ground in the cherry picker.
GNA