Watch: London daredevil scales The Shard, Western Europe's tallest tower

An unkwn daredevil on Monday scaled Shard in London. skyscraper is currently ranked as tallest building in European Union.

unkwn person decided to make it to top without apparent assistance, safety harness or ropes. Foot of stunt published by British newspapers showed man climbing near very top of narrow pyramid-shaped building on banks of River Thames.

"Police were called at 05:15 hours on Monday, 8 July following reports of a 'free-climber' on Shard," police department said 

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"Emergency services attended and man is w with officers. He was t arrested." property company overseeing skyscraper said it could t "comment on motive of individual".

One man who posted foot of climb on Twitter said daredevil mand to get all way to top before being taken in by police.

" guy's got to top and is being spoken to by police," witness Kevin Williams tweeted.

In a series of tweets that followed, people reacted to audacious stunt. Several users h a hilarious take on video while ors cited it as a complete stupidity:

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309.6-meter-tall (1,016-foot-tall) building has been a favourite target of thrill-seekers and political campaigners out to raise awareness for ir cause. A group of Greenpeace activists scaled building in 2013 to protest against oil drilling in Arctic. last reported attempt was me in 2017 by a YouTube personality who posted video of his climbs. Shard secured a court injunction against Alain Robert -- popularly kwn as French Spiderman -- to stop his planned attempt in 2012. Robert's representative told media that Frenchman was currently in Bali.