Series: Infamous Assassinations
Season: Season 1
Episode Number: 6
Air Date:
Duration: 30 min
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.