The World : Agca Tells of ‘Panic Bombs’

Changing his story, Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman convicted of trying to assassinate Pope John Paul II, testified that a third terrorist armed with “panic bombs” was in St. Peter’s Square the day the Pope was shot four years ago. Agca had previously testified that only one accomplice was in the square. Under questioning, Agca changed his story, saying “there was a third man” and identifying him as “Akif.” Based on Agca’s statements, three Bulgarians and four Turks are being tried in Rome on charges of complicity in the attack on the Pope. Only three of the defendants are in custody.