On 13 May 1981, John Paul II was shot multiple times as he greeted crowds in St Peter's Square in Vatican City. Rome, 13 May – Pope John Paul was shot twice in … Surgeons remove two bullets. Revealed: Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II had an ENGLISH girlfriend who he kept in dark about sinister assassination plot - and tells of 'relief pontiff didn't die' in 1981 attack Agca shot John Paul II on 13 May 1981, as the pope rode in an open car in St Peter's Square. The pontiff was hit in the abdomen, left hand and right arm, but the bullets missed vital organs. Blogs | May. The motive for the attack remains a mystery. That pic is shown above. When he was shot, he was holding the rosary, which he always carried. ON THIS Day in 1981, the Pope was shot and seriously injured in an attempt on his life by an assassin. Agca shot John Paul II on 13 May 1981, as the pope rode in an open car in St Peter's Square. The trained assassin had been waiting all day for his chance. The perpetrator, Turkish man Mehmet Ali Agca, is believed to have entered the country with three accomplices-- another Turkish man and two Bulgarian men-- with the intention of assassinating the Pope, allegedly under the orders of the Turkish mafia. Pope John Paul II blessed followers a few seconds before being shot and seriously wounded May 13, 1981 at Saint Peter's square by Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca. Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by … In the Spring of 1981, assassins shot both President Reagan and Pope John Paul II just six weeks apart. In Rome on May 13, 1981, while riding through St. Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca, a Bulgarian operative. The bullets hit the 60-year-old pontiff in the stomach, arm and hand.
A third bullet struck 60-year-old American Ann Odre in the chest, seriously wounding her, and the fourth hit 21-year-old Jamaican Rose Hill in the … On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was on the brink of death. Near the start of his weekly general audience in Romes St. Peters Square, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded while passing through the square in an open car. First published in The Age on May 14, 1981 Pope John Paul Shot. When he fell to the ground, out of nowhere, a woman rushed to his side and embraced him. "Both of them lost half their blood. Pope John Paul II (L) greets Mehmet Ali Agca at Rebibbia prison on December 27, 1983 in Rome. The pontiff was hit in the abdomen, left hand and right arm, but the bullets missed vital organs.