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Turkish citizen Mehmet Ali Agdzha, who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in May 1981, has made a sensational statement.
He claims that he attempted to kill the Pope following orders from the Vatican. Earlier the KGB, the CIA and some secret organizations were named among the assassin’s paymasters.
Mehmet Ali Agca, recently released after spending 30 years behind bars, stated on Turkish national television that, "The Vatican government decided on the Pope's assassination."
"They planned and organized it. The order to shoot the Pope was given by Vatican Secretary Cardinal Agostino Casaroli," he said.
“The Vatican government decided to assassinate the Pope. They planned and organised it. The order to shoot the Pope was given by Vatican secretary, Cardinal Agostino Casaroli.”
Cardinal Casaroli was the Vatican’s Secretary of State under John Paul II. He was the man behind the Rome’s efforts to deal with the persecution of Catholics in the Soviet empire.