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| Man tries to jump into popemobile | Man tries to jump into popemobile |
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| A man has tried to jump into Benedict XVI's popemobile during his weekly general audience held in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. | |
| The man was wrestled to the ground by security officers. | The man was wrestled to the ground by security officers. |
| The Pope was not injured and did not appear to notice the incident. He proceeded with the audience as normal. | The Pope was not injured and did not appear to notice the incident. He proceeded with the audience as normal. |
| In May 1981, Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman, fired two shots at the then Pope John Paul II as he was driven around the square in his popemobile. | In May 1981, Ali Agca, a Turkish gunman, fired two shots at the then Pope John Paul II as he was driven around the square in his popemobile. |
| The man, who stood among some 35,000 people who were attending the audience, jumped over the metal barriers separating the crowd from the pontiff and landed behind the moving vehicle. | |
| Several security guards grabbed the man, who was wearing a pink T-shirt, black shorts and a baseball cap. | |
| He seemed to be trying to climb onto the Pope's vehicle, an open jeep, as the pontiff was driven around the square greeting pilgrims, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome. | |
| The man is now being held by Vatican police. |