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Mehmet Ali Agca


Would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca expelled from Italy
Would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca expelled from Italy
This is a scan of a badly deteriorated negative of Pope John Paul II meeting his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, in a Rome prison on Dec. 27, 1983. Photo by Paul Haring, courtesy of Catholic News Service
(RNS) Mehmet Ali Agca's expulsion came two days after he placed flowers on the late pope’s tomb in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday.