Modern Parallels
On 1 March 2007, police officers were lifted to the upper levels of the building using small boom cranes in a manner similar to siege towers to enter Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. The officers were placed in containers which were lifted to the windows, thus enabling the police to gain access to the illegally occupied structure.
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