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.

The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Credit: AP/Martin Meissner. ... Authorities said the men were aged between 18 and 27 years, ...

FILE - The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. SOURCE ... Authorities said the men were between 18 and 27 years old and the woman was 26.

FILE - The Cologne cathedral is illuminated in Cologne, Germany, Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. SOURCE ... Authorities said the men were between 18 and 27 years old and the woman was 26.