Security Scare As Man Runs Towards Moroccan King’s Open-Top Mercedes During Motorcade With Pope Francis

This dramatic live footage shows the moment an unidentified man ran towards the open-top Mercedes carrying king of Morocco shortly after the arrival of Pope Francis in the North African nation on Saturday,but he was swiftly seized by security guards running alongside  the vehicles

It appears from a video that the man was carrying a piece of paper or envelope in an outstretched hand.

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Morocco has stepped up security ahead of the first papal visit to the 99 per cent Muslim country since John Paul II in 1985. The Pope’s two-day visit is to strengthen relations between Christians and Muslims in the North African country.