Man jumps on Starbucks roof and hurls rocks police close road in the Square Mile

Police tape near a scene of a suspected crime. Picture date: Friday November 19, 2021. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation following the death of a man in Hertfordshire in the early hours of Saturday morning. (Picture: PA )

A road in the City of London has been closed off after a man climbed on top of a Starbucks and started throwing rocks.

The man was filmed hurling stones from the roof of the building on Wallbrook.

Police were scrambled at about 4.50pm as the topless man began his actions.

“Let’s not give him an audience that’s what he wants,” City Police told passersby as the man, believed to be staging a protest, started throwing stones with crowds assembling.

Roads closed:
- Eastbound on Cannon Street
- Walbrook
- Queen Victoria Street between Walbrook and Bucklersbury
while officers deal with an incident of a man on a building. Thank you for your co-operation. pic.twitter.com/D1HaVHhced

— City of London Police (@CityPolice) October 18, 2022

A City of London statment on Twitter said: “Some areas are currently closed off to pedestrians whilst officers deal with an incident where someone has climbed a building: the area between Cannon St and the City Magistrates’ Court and around Mansion House. Thank you for your co-operation.”