Victoria’s Secret lingerie model Adriana Lima is duped into terror group video …

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Shocking footage shows Adriana Lima, 34, appear to endorse Grey Wolves
Video shows Victoria’s Secret model shout group’s name and howl support
Right wing terror group is responsible for hundreds of murders in Turkey
They were behind a plot to assassinate Pope John Paul II in Rome in 1979

Jenny Stanton For Mailonline

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09:05 EST, 24 August 2015

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15:02 EST, 24 August 2015

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A Victoria’s Secret lingerie model has sparked outrage after she was filmed seemingly endorsing a terrorist group which plotted to murder Pope John Paul II.

A shock video has emerged of Brazilian beauty Adriana Lima appearing to support Turkish terror group the Grey Wolves, responsible for killing hundreds of people in Turkey in the last four decades.

In the grainy mobile phone footage recorded in a gym, the stunning brunette, 34, is recorded saying the word Bozkurtlar – the Turkish word for wolves, giving a symbolic Grey Wolves hand gesture and howling.

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Beauty: A video has emerged of Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima appearing to support the Grey Wolves

Mother-of-two: Ms Lima can be heard saying the word Bozkurtlar – the Turkish word for wolves – in the footage

Shock video: Ms Lima (left and right) gives a symbolic Grey Wolves hand gesture and howls in the video footage released online

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Today her spokesman said the underwear model had been duped into giving the terror salute.

They said she met a boxer from Turkey in Miami who told her the hand gesture and howl was the symbol for his local gym.

Ms Lima, a mother-of-two, has modelled for Armani, Versace, Louis Vuitton, and Marc Jacobs.

Last year she was named by Forbes as the second highest-paid supermodel in the world with earnings of more than £5million.

She ended her four-year marriage to Serbian NBA player Marko Jaric last year. She has previously been linked to Justin Bieber and was once engaged to Lenny Kravitz.

The video, which was posted online, appears to have been shot in a gym and the men she is with thank her for appearing in front of the camera.

The Grey Wolves is the militant arm of political opposition group in Turkey, the right-wing National Movement Party.

Formed in the 1960s, the Grey Wolves – described by experts as violent and neo-fascist – was turned into a ‘death squad’ in the 1970s and have been responsible for hundreds of political assassinations in the past four decades.

In 1981, the group tried to murder Pope John Paul II. The Pope was left critically injured when several shots were fired at him from close range in St Peter’s Square, Rome.

Big time: Ms Lima, a mother-of-two, has modelled for Armani, Versace, Louis Vuitton, and Marc Jacobs, as well as lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret

Crowds of people make the salute made during a right-wing National Movement Party rally earlier this year

In 1981, the group tried to murder Pope John Paul II when several shots were fired at him from close range in St Peter’s Square, Rome

In the late 1970s, the militant group carried out a series of bomb attacks and shootings on public officials, journalists, students, lawyers, left-wing activists and ethnic Kurds.

In 1979, the same member who tried to kill the Pope, assassinated journalist Abdi Ipekci in 1979.

The Grey Wolves was also blamed for the Maraş massacre in 1978, which resulted in the deaths of a left-wing group of people called Alevis.

In the 1990s, the Grey Wolves killed two people opposed to their ideas. And last month, the group was said to be behind attacks on Korean tourists in Turkey.

Turkish nationalists were protesting against China’s treatment of Yighur Muslims, but some Koreans were mistaken for being Chinese and were attacked.

The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is informally known as the Grey Wolves due to its unofficial parliamentary youth arm.

Last year Ms Lima was named by Forbes as the second highest-paid supermodel in the world with earnings of more than £5million

Supermodel: Ms Lima was wrongly told that the word ‘Bozkurtlar’ was the name of the gym

The footage has prompted anger in Turkey, particularly among the Kurdish community, which has previously been targeted by the group.

Kurdish rights campaigner, Mark Campbell, told MailOnline: ’It’s sad and depressing that such a famous person is giving credit to such a racist, fascist ideology.

‘The Grey Wolves is a fascist organisation. They are extreme Turkish nationalists who partake in street violence, mainly against Kurdish people in Turkey. It is a very unsavoury group.

‘The salute is extremely offensive. It’s an incredibly scary thing – it’s a symbol of of trying to show their dominance over the Kurds.’

Ms Lima’s spokesman today told MailOnline the Brazilian had been tricked – adding: ‘The video was prompted and taped by a Turkish boxer who visited Adriana’s local gym in Miami earlier this summer.

‘She was told the hand signal and call-out were the names of his local gym.

‘She was unaware of the wider context of what she was doing or its association to a political group.

‘Adriana has no affiliation to any political party in Turkey and unequivocally denies any implied association to these organizations.

‘She is personally disappointed that her good will was taken advantage of to create a video, released without her knowledge or consent, that upsets any community.’