Infamous Assassinations - Season 1 Episode 6 The Assassination of Pope John Paul II
7.6730 minutes
Rome, 1981
On 13 May 1981, in front of a crowd of 20,000 people in St Peter''s Square, a young Turkish gunman shot the Polish Pope, possibly at the behest of the Russians who were concerned at the inspiration he was providing to Poland and the Solidarity Movement.