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Attack on Pope Benedict XVI Thwarted
NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, June 6, 2007
VATICAN CITY -- A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered
popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience Wednesday in St.
Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers.
The pope was not hurt and didn't even appear to notice that the man had
jumped over the protective barricade in the square and toward the white
popemobile as it drove by with the pope waving to the audience.
At least eight security officers who were trailing the popemobile grabbed
the man and wrestled him to the ground. The pope didn't even look back.
A Vatican official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the
man was being held for questioning by Vatican police.
He said the man had gotten as far as the back of the pope's white jeep
before being wrestled to the ground, although from video footage of the
incident it was unclear whether he actually made it onto the jeep.
The man, whose nationality was unknown, was wearing a pink T-shirt and dark
shorts, a beige baseball cap and sunglasses. He appeared to have vaulted
himself up and over the barricade from the second or third row back.
The jeep kept moving, Benedict kept waving and then proceeded with the
audience as if nothing had happened.
Attack on Pope Benedict XVI Thwarted
NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, June 6, 2007
VATICAN CITY -- A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered
popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience Wednesday in St.
Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers.
The pope was not hurt and didn't even appear to notice that the man had
jumped over the protective barricade in the square and toward the white
popemobile as it drove by with the pope waving to the audience.
At least eight security officers who were trailing the popemobile grabbed
the man and wrestled him to the ground. The pope didn't even look back.
A Vatican official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the
man was being held for questioning by Vatican police.
He said the man had gotten as far as the back of the pope's white jeep
before being wrestled to the ground, although from video footage of the
incident it was unclear whether he actually made it onto the jeep.
The man, whose nationality was unknown, was wearing a pink T-shirt and dark
shorts, a beige baseball cap and sunglasses. He appeared to have vaulted
himself up and over the barricade from the second or third row back.
The jeep kept moving, Benedict kept waving and then proceeded with the
audience as if nothing had happened.
