[Yonhap]
[Yonhap]

A middle-aged man stripped to the waist and threatened to jump from the rooftop of an apartment building in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province on Friday, prompting a prolonged standoff with police and fire department personnel.

According to police and fire department authorities, a report came in at around 5:08 p.m. Friday that a man was threatening to jump from the rooftop of an apartment building in Uijeongbu-dong, Uijeongbu.

Responding units deployed 11 pieces of equipment and 29 personnel to the scene. Authorities placed an air mattress at the base of the building as a precaution and have been working to talk the man down, but the standoff had stretched past four hours as of 9 p.m.

The incident forced partial road closures around the scene, disrupting evening rush-hour traffic and inconveniencing residents in the area.

Police said their investigation found the man had a prior record of similar incidents.

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