"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
CoreyWhite
By Philip Pullella
Reuters
Wednesday, June 6, 2007; 9:48 AM
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A 27-year-old German man described by the
Vatican as "clearly deranged" leaped over a barricade on Wednesday and
tried to jump on to Pope Benedict's open-topped jeep.
The man took the German Pope's bodyguards by surprise in St Peter's
Square, coming within a meter of the pontiff in an episode that
brought back memories of the assassination attempt against his
predecessor Pope John Paul in 1981.
Television pictures showed the man, wearing a baseball cap, jump out
of the crowd and over a wooden barricade as the Pope passed by to
start his weekly audience for some 40,000 people.
Hurtling from the Pope's right, he tried to jump on the back of the
moving "popemobile" but managed only to touch it before being wrestled
to the ground by Vatican security guards.
"He was clearly deranged but did not want to kill or harm the Pope, he
only wanted to draw attention to himself," the spokesman said.
After questioning by a Vatican judge the man, who was unarmed, was
taken to a psychiatric institution in Italy for testing. His identity
was not disclosed.
The man did not appear to be holding anything in his hands nor
carrying any bag. Tourists and pilgrims entering St Peter's Square go
through airport-style metal detectors and have their bags checked by
Italian police.
The Pope, who was elected in 2005, was standing on the open jeep
facing forward and looking at the crowd to his left and did not see
the man trying to get on the vehicle.
The driver did not appear to know what was happening behind him since
the speed of the vehicle did not increase.
The episode lasted about 15 seconds. John Paul was shot and nearly
killed in the same square by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13,
1981.
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He must have been a Wiccan.
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Really? That was almost enough to make me subscribe!
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<miiiiiiiiiiicccccccccchhhhaeeeel...@subgenius.com> wrote:
> Razna?
I noticed something odd in the video.. There is a security guard
standing right where the man lept to the pope mobile from. He was
just waiting there, even before he jumped already prepared to catch
him. If it wasn't for that officer he would have landed right on the
pope, I'm sure of it.
Citizen Fwap
<Corey...@gmail.com> wrote:
>"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
That was you too? Fuckit, you sure get around. Well done,
that man.
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One of Pope Perro's followers going after that "Wanna-be" Pope!
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>> plonk
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> Really? That was almost enough to make me subscribe!
But was it also enough, to fuck off and go away ?
Probably not, seeing you are a scared little person.
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Not me *this* time.
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>"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
>
why are they letting a deranged man lose on the streets...
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What's so "deranged" about that? If I were that guy, I'd want to
throttle the pope with my bare hands. Sometimes weapons just don't cut
it. Too bad he didn't get to at least knock the pope over the head.
Mitch
>"Deranged" German man tries to jump on Pope's jeep
Yeah, must be quite something to be deranged, huh, Corey?
But you wouldn't know anything about that.
the 2nd coming of christ
right on the pope, you asshole? maybe on the popemobile, but not
on the pope. the pope was a good 10 feet away from that...