Man Walks Through Channel Tunnel

Man arrested after walking almost the entire 31-mile length of the Channel Tunnel.

14:49 07 August 2015

A man, who is understood to be a Sudanese migrant, has been arrested after walking almost the entire 31-mile length of the Channel Tunnel from Calais. Police found him near the British exit on Tuesday evening.

 

40-year-old Abdul Rahman Haroun has been charged with causing an obstruction to an engine or a carriage using the railway, under the Malicious Damage Act 1861, as confirmed by the Kent Police.

 

A spokesman from Eurotunnel said incursions into the tunnel were "extremely rare", and added it is "both illegal and highly dangerous."

 

Hundreds of people have been attempting to reach the UK via the Eurotunnel. This year alone, at least 12 people have died while trying to enter the country.