Turkish Mehmet Ali Agdza, who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, claims in his autobiography that the assassination was ordered by the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, reports AP.
Ali Agdza shot the pope on May 13, 1981 and seriously wounded him
Ali Agdza claims that Khomeini ordered the assassination of the deceased pope in his new autobiography entitled "They Promised Me Paradise".
But Agca claims that before the assassination, Khomeini's army trained him in Iran, where he found refuge after escaping from a Turkish prison.
After his arrest, Agdza claimed that he acted alone
He writes in his autobiography that Ayatollah Khomeini personally entrusted him with the task of killing John Paul II.
Ali Agdza shot the pope on May 13, 1981 and seriously wounded him.
After his arrest, Agdza claimed that he acted alone. He later changed his story and said that the KGB was behind the failed assassination.
Ali Agdza was released from prison in 2010.
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