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Summary:Mehmet Ali Agca, the 27-year-old Turk charged with the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul in 1981, claimed in court that he had turned state's evidence because his alleged accomplices had promised to free him from prison. He also claimed that the kidnapped daughter of a Vatican employee was still alive after being abducted in 1983.
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Location:ITALY ROME ROMA
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