EM 2024: Police remove 21-year-old from Dortmund stadium roof – He is not a stranger

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21-year-old rescued from Dortmund stadium roof – He is no stranger to the police

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During Germany’s round of 16 match at the European Football Championship in Dortmund, a man climbed onto the roof of the stadium and had to be brought down by the police and the special forces. The climber is a 21-year-old from Osnabrück.

A strange incident is keeping the Dortmund police busy around the round of 16 match between Germany and Denmark. A 21-year-old climbed onto the roof of the stadium and was arrested after the final whistle. As it turned out on Sunday, he was already on record.

When the second half of the eventful round of 16 match between Germany and Denmark was about to begin, referee Michael Oliver was initially unable to blow the whistle. He called the captains of both teams over and spoke to İlkay Gündogan and Kasper Schmeichel at the halfway line.

The trio kept looking up towards the roof of the Dortmund Arena. The reason for this remained unclear until the final whistle of the match, which Germany won 2-0.

After the game, it emerged that an initially unknown man had climbed onto the roof of the Westfalenstadion during the match in Dortmund and had to be brought down by the police. According to reports, the man got there at 10:27 p.m. The climber was a 21-year-old from Osnabrück, the police announced on Sunday morning. The man was arrested. So far, there is no evidence that he wanted to endanger the stadium visitors, they said.

The steel framework of the Dortmund stadium, inside which the unknown

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Emergency services approached the man in the stadium and spoke to him. A helicopter also illuminated the stadium roof. At no point was there any danger to other people. As “Bild” reported, the special forces unit on standby for terrorist situations climbed into the steel supports of the stadium at around 11:20 p.m. According to the report, the man was arrested after the final whistle.

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The elite police officers are said to have ordered the man to come to them with their guns drawn. He was arrested without resistance and was handcuffed and led away. According to video footage, the climber was masked and carrying a large backpack. This apparently contained a lot of photographic equipment.

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The investigators therefore suspect that the young man is part of the roofer scene. Roofers climb up high buildings or radio masts without any safety equipment, filming and photographing themselves for social media. Recently, they have also discovered football stadiums for themselves. Roofer photos from the Stuttgart stadium caused a stir on Instagram in February.

And the climber from the Dortmund stadium is apparently no stranger to the scene either, according to “Bild” – and is said to have already been registered with the police for another trespass. He is said to have climbed a heating plant (300-meter-high tower) in Herne. There, too, he had a backpack with photo equipment. At the time, he said he was a so-called camera spotter and took spectacular aerial photos, which he would then post on social media in order to get lots of followers.

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It was initially unclear how he got onto the roof in Dortmund. The incident has raised further questions about the security concept for the European Championships. There have been repeated incidents in recent days when spectators have gotten onto the pitch to take a photo with the players.

The European Football Union (UEFA) referred to the police statement on Sunday morning. “We have no further comment,” the association said in response to a request. UEFA is responsible for security in the stadiums during the European Championship. Investigators suspect that the roof climber had an assistant among the stewards.