Mehmet Ali Ağca (Turkish pronunciation: [mehˈmet aˈli ˈaːdʒa]; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. ... Ağca was released from prison on 18 January 2010.

Who hired Ali Agca?

Guzzanti said that at the beginning of the interrogations, Agca presented a precise reconstruction of events and revealed that he had been hired by the Bulgarian secret service. “Later on, however, two military judges arrived from Bulgaria who asked their Italian colleagues for a conversation with Agca in prison.

How many popes have been assassinated?

Though there is no official tally for how many popes have been assassinated, it has been estimated by African Journals Online that 25 popes have died of unnatural causes.