The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5 ... security guards who spotted the young climbers with headlamps on their surveillance cameras in the middle of the night.

This much is known: A group of men, reportedly numbering more than 1,000, gathered at Cologne's central train station late on New Year's Eve. The station, by the city's famous cathedral, was a ...

FILE - The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, ... who spotted the young climbers with headlamps on their surveillance cameras in the middle of the night.

Police detain 6 climbers who wanted to scale Cologne's famous cathedral (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.

German police in Cologne have detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city’s famous cathedral. ... on their surveillance cameras in the middle of the night.

BERLIN (AP) — German police in Cologne on Sunday detained five Frenchmen and a Belgian woman who had tried to climb the city’s famous cathedral. Police said they were informed by the church&#… ...