attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:consequence Pope John Paul II forgave Mehmet Ali Ağca
increased security for the Pope
gptkbp:country gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:date 1981-05-13
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II
gptkbp:injuries Pope John Paul II shot and seriously wounded
gptkbp:location St. Peter's Square
gptkbp:mediaCoverage global
gptkbp:motive unclear; speculated political and religious reasons
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Mehmet_Ali_Ağca
gptkbp:relatedEvent Pope John Paul II's visit to prison to meet Ağca
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Grey_Wolves_(ultranationalist_Turkish_group)
Cold War tensions
gptkbp:result Mehmet Ali Ağca arrested
Pope John Paul II wounded
gptkbp:target gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Browning_9mm_semi-automatic_pistol
gptkbp:witnessedBy thousands of people in St. Peter's Square
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mehmet_Ali_Ağca
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6