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Murdered popes. John VIII (872–882), poisoned and then clubbed to death [10] Stephen VI (896–897), strangled [11] Leo V (903), allegedly strangled [12] John X (914–928), allegedly smothered with a pillow [13] John XII (955–964), allegedly murdered by the jealous husband of the woman with whom he was in bed [14]
The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court. The Pope forgave Ağca for the assassination attempt. [1] He was pardoned by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi at the Pope's request and was deported to Turkey in June 2000.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide [44] Catholic Salesian priest, political dissident, and future President of Haiti. Port-au-Prince. Haiti. Ex- Tonton Macoute member. 1988. 20 October. Nikola Štedul [45] Croat émigré from Yugoslavia and head of the Croatian Statehood Movement.
For unsuccessful assassination attempts on people other than heads of state, see List of people who survived assassination attempts. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure , often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
c. 1948 (age 75–76) Madrid, Spain. Nationality. Spanish. Occupation. Priest. Known for. Attack on Pope John Paul II. Juan María Fernández y Krohn (born c. 1948) is a convicted [1] Spanish Traditionalist Catholic priest, journalist, and lawyer, who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1982. [2][3][4]
Bojinka plot. The Bojinka plot (Arabic: بوجينكا; Tagalog: Proyektong Bojinka) was a large-scale, three-phase terrorist attack planned by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for January 1995. They planned to assassinate Pope John Paul II; blow up 11 airliners in flight from Asia to the United States, with the goal of killing ...
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., 30 January 1835. Assassination attempt of King of Spain Alfonso XIII in Madrid, 31 May 1906. Assassination attempt of Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Aug 30 1918.
The pope declared during a May 2002 visit to Bulgaria that the country's Soviet-bloc-era leadership had nothing to do with the assassination attempt. [249] [256] However, his secretary, Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, alleged in his book A Life with Karol, that the pope was convinced privately that the former Soviet Union was behind the attack. [257]