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Beginning in August 1980 Ağca began criss-crossing the Mediterranean region, changing passports and identities, perhaps to hide his point of origin in Sofia, Bulgaria. He entered Rome on May 10, 1981, coming by train from Milan. According to Ağca's later testimony, he met with three accomplices in Rome, one a fellow Turk and two Bulgarians, with operation being commanded by Zilo Vassilev, the Bulgarian military attaché in Italy. He said that he was assigned this mission by Turkish mafioso Bechir Celenk in Bulgaria. Le Monde diplomatique, however, has alleged that the assassination attempt was organized by Abdullah Çatlı "in exchange for the sum of 3 million marks", paid by Bechir Celenk to the Grey Wolves. According to Ağca, the plan was for him and the back-up gunman Oral Çelik to open fire in St. Peter's Square and escape to the Bulgarian embassy under the cover of the panic generated by a small explosion. On May 13 they sat in the square, writing postcards waiting for the Pope to arrive. When the Pope passed, Ağca fired several shots and critically wounded him, but was grabbed by a nun and several other spectators and prevented from finishing the assassination or escaping. Four bullets hit John Paul II, two of them lodging in his lower intestine, the others hitting his left hand and right arm. Two bystanders were also hit by stray assassin's bullets; Ann Odre, of Buffalo, New York, was struck in the chest while Rose Hill, of Jamaica, was slightly wounded in the arm. Çelik panicked and fled without setting off his bomb or opening fire.
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∙ 10y agoThe USSR was not happy with John Paul supporting the Solidarity Movement in Poland as they feared it would cause them to lose control of that country. Working through the secret service of Bulgaria the KGB hired Mehmet Ali AÄŸca, a young man from Turkey, to assassinate the pope. He attempted to kill the pope on May 3, 1981. Poland did gain its independence in 1989, thanks in a great part to the work of Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan. In 1991 the entire Soviet Union collapsed.
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∙ 8y agoJohn Paul II was shot by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman who was hired by Bulgaria of the Soviet Union. As John Paul ll hailed from an Eastern Bloc Soviet nation, he was an embarrassment to Communist Poland.
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∙ 10y agoNobody killed John Paul II; he died of septic shock following a urinary infection. This brought on a collapse of the circulatory system.
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Did Ali Agca kill John Paul Pope II?
Nobody killed Pope John Paul II, he died of natural causes.
How did Pope John Paul II show forgiveness?
He forgave Mehmet Ali AÄŸca, the person who attemoted to kill him in Saint Peter's Square in 1981.
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Who unsuccessfully attempted to kill the pope?
Mehmet Ali AÄŸca a Turkish gunman and militant attempted to kill Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, in Saint Peter's Square. Despite being critically wounded and losing 3/4 of his blood, the Pope survived. The Italian government concluded that the Soviet Union was behind the attempt on John Paul II's life, in retaliation for the Pope's support of Solidarity, the Catholic, pro-democratic Polish workers' movement, a theory which had already been supported by Michael Ledeen and the United States Central Intelligence Agency at the time. The Italian report stated that Communist Bulgarian security departments were utilized to prevent the Soviet Union's role from being uncovered.
Was John Kennedy the 1st politican that Lee Harvey Oswald tried to kill?
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What was the cause of death of Pope John Paul I?
The official cause of death is a heart attack. There is no evidence of any foul play.AnswerThe official cause of death is a heart attack. However, this was apparently based on a cursory examination of the deceased pope's body, an examination so brief that the diagnosis has been ridiculed by medical experts. the pope's personal physician said that John Paul I was in excellent health, had low blood pressure and was an unlikely candidate for a heart attack. No autopsy was performed.Others say that the pope may have been killed by poisoning. Some of the evidence is consistent with such a conclusion, although this can only remain speculation. Certainly, there were many within the Vatican with a motive to murder John Paul, once it became known that he intended to rid the Vatican of corruption.AnswerAccording to official sources in the Vatican, he died of a heart attack. Some question this diagnosis however and think he was poisoned.
Why was John Paul Jones brave?
he was brave because he was a brave captain he lead his crew through winds and storms. He was brave also because he has killed a man. In fact one of his men. One of his men tried to kill him so he stabbed him in the back with his sword.
