The third of the fencing weapons, the saber, wasintroduced into Europe in the late 18th century as an ad-aptation of the Turkish scimitar, used by the Hungariancavalry.
The triggerman was apprehended almost immediately. He was identified as Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish terrorist. Agca had publicly vowed to kill the pope during the potiff's 1979 visit to Turkey.