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    Wednesday, June 06, 2007

    Man tries to jump into popemobile

    A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience Wednesday, June 6, 2007, in St. Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers. (AP)

    At least eight security officers who were trailing the vehicle as it moved slowly through the square grabbed the man and wrestled him to the ground. The pope didn't even look back.

    The man "looked a little crazy," said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a

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    Vatican spokesman. He said the man was being held for questioning by Vatican police.

    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. He got as far as the back of the jeep, holding onto it for a few seconds, before being wrestled to the ground.

    The jeep kept moving, and Benedict kept waving, then proceeded with the audience as if nothing had happened.

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