Mehmet Ali Agca
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Mehmet Ali Agca
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1981 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.
2000 Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
2006 Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.