Giza pyramid climber arrested by military commandos as thousands below watch

A 24 year old man named Hassan Farooq Anter was apprehended by military commandos who dropped from a helicopter poised on top of the pyramid of Khafre, the second largest of the Giza pyramids, and wrestled him aboard the craft. The entire operation took about ten minutes, according to one of the many witnesses visiting the famous tourist site.

The Interior Ministry reported that Anter is a worker from Minyat al-Nasr al-Daqahliyah, and so far he has refused to explain why he climbed the pyramid, which is forbidden.

CNN

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