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Assassination Attempt
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Assassination Attempt
A hand holding a pistol, left, aims from the crowd at Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome in this May 13, 1981 photo. Moments later the pontiff was shot. Italy's President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Tuesday, June 13, 2000 pardoned the Turkish gunman Mehmed Ali Agca, who wounded Pope John Paul II in the assassination attempt.


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