Cibin was with Pope John Paul II when he was shot in St. Peter 's Square in 1981 . Cibin captured Mehmet Ali Ağca , who was convicted of the assassination attempt and spent 19 years in an Italian prison . A year later , Cibin prevented Juan María Fernández y Krohn from stabbing the pontiff during his visit to Fatima
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Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
Camillo Cibin