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| Man tries to jump into Benedict's popemobile |
| 2007-06-06 |
| A man has vaulted security barriers and tried to jump into the Pope's specially adapted popemobile as the pontiff was greeting crowds in St Peter's Square. The man, who appeared to be between 20 or 30 years old, was immediately wrestled to the ground by the group of black-suited security officers who constantly guard Pope Benedict XVI when he is in public. He appeared to be trying to grab the pontiff but he was no match for the ever-vigilant security staff. Not only was the Pope unhurt, but he didn't even appear to notice that anything out of the ordinary was happening. He continued waving to crowds as if nothing untoward had happened as the man was being dealt with in his wake. A Vatican official said the man was being held for questioning by police. He said the man had got as far as the back of the pope's white jeep before being subdued. The man, whose nationality is unknown, was wearing a pink T-shirt and dark shorts, a beige baseball cap and sunglasses. He appeared to have from the second or third row back before vaulting and over the barricade. The jeep kept moving, Benedict kept waving and greeting the audience as if nothing had happened. Security is always tight around the Vatican. In 1981, Benedict's predecessor, John Paul II survived being shot four times by a Turkish attacker. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #4 Sounds like another of those Code Pinko 9/11 truthers we've been facing off against. DanNY |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-06-06 18:50 |
| #3 Sounds like another of those Code Pinko 9/11 truthers we've been facing off against. DanNY |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-06-06 18:50 |
| #2 Sounds like another of those Code Pinko 9/11 truthers we've been facing off against. DanNY |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-06-06 18:50 |
| #1 Please forgive T-bones, he was partying for three days down at the hobo jungle and thought the Popemobile was my semi. |
| Posted by: Naked Trucker 2007-06-06 10:19 |