'Deranged' man tries to grab hold of Pope Benedict's vehicle
A TV grab shows guards pining a man down behind the Pope's vehicle during Benedict's weekly audience in Vatican City on Wednesday. (Vatican TV via Reuters TV )
International Herald Tribune
By Ian Fisher
Published: June 6, 2007
ROME: A man the Vatican described as "clearly deranged" sprung over a barricade on Wednesday and landed just behind Pope Benedict XVI as he was driven in an uncovered popemobile waving at crowds at St. Peter's Square.
Benedict, 80, did not seem to notice as his security guards quickly subdued the man, described as a 27-year-old German.
The man appeared to briefly hold on to the rear of the white popemobile.
The Reverend Federico Lombardi, the pope's spokesman, said the man, who was wearing shorts, sunglasses and a baseball cap, was not armed and did not appear threatening.
"He was clearly deranged but did not want to kill or harm the pope," Lombardi told reporters. "He only wanted to draw attention to himself."
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