"French 'Spiderman' scales Malaysian towers on third attempt"French "Spiderman" Alain Robert was arrested Tuesday after successfully scaling Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers, in his third attempt on the nation's tallest structure, police said.
The 46-year-old began climbing one of the 88-storey towers before dawn and reached the top before being discovered by security officials, Kuala Lumpur police chief Muhammad Sabtu Osman told AFP
Eyewitnesses said he took less than two hours to complete the climb, and then fixed a Malaysian flag on top of the building which is home to the state energy firm Petronas as well as many international companies.
"He climbed using his bare hands and reached the top very fast... as no security personnel noticed him or stopped him," said Ee Wee Kiat, a cameraman who was filming the scene from the ground.
Robert first tried to scale the building on March 20, 1997, and made a second unsuccessful attempt in 2007 after which he was freed without charge.
Robert has been nicknamed "Spiderman" for his high-profile escapades, which have included climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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