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Pope John Paul II

Unsuccessful Assassination

Wednesday May 13, 1981
Vatican City

As he entered St. Peter's Square to address an audience on 13 May 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca, an expert Turkish gunman who was a member of the militant fascist group Grey Wolves.


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