POPE BENEDICT XVI FELL AFTER WOMAN DRAGGED HIM

Panorama.am
11:23 25/12/2009

A woman threw herself at Pope Benedict XVI and dragged him to the
ground as he entered St Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Christmas
Eve mass on Thursday. Video footage showed the woman, wearing a
red sweatshirt, leaping over a security barricade and rushing at the
82-year-old pope as he began leading the traditional procession to the
altar bearing a gold cross. As a security guard tried to overpower
her, the woman succeeded in grabbing Benedict’s vestments near the
neck and pulled him to the floor, according to the footage which
showed several other people falling over in the melee. The pope was
unharmed and back on his feet within moments, and went on to celebrate
the mass undaunted by the assault.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress