"Pope gunman to be released from Turkish prison
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 12:17 PM
Updated: Jan 13, 2010 06:38 PM
By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press Writer
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The gunman who wounded Pope John Paul II said Wednesday he would answer questions about the 1981 attack after he is released from prison next week.
Little is known about what led Mehmet Ali Agca to shoot at the pope while he was greeting the faithful in St. Peter's Square, but that he has said that foreign powers had conspired to have the Polish-born pontiff killed."
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