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Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
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Mehmet Ali Ağca
Turkish assassin and Grey Wolves member (born 1958)
Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish hitman and former member of the Grey Wolves. He murdered journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979 and was imprisoned, but he escaped. He travelled illegally to Vatican City on 13 May 1981, and attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II on the same…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II
1981 shooting in St. Peter's Square
On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pope John Paul II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after Pius IX and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
St. Peter's Square
Piazza in Vatican City
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Gemelli University Hospital
General hospital in Rome, Italy
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Medical procedures that involve incisive or invasive instruments into body cavities
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