Mehmet Ali Agca,the man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul 11, visited his tomb, observe moment of silence, wept, and laid two bundles of white rose on the tomb,and left,requested to see pope Francis, but was not allowed
His visiting the Popes tomb was 31 years to the day the Pope visited him in prison and forgave him.
Agca fired several shots at close range at the Pope in St peter's Square on may 13th 1981 leaving him critically wounded
he serve 19years in prison in Italy and later sent to Turkey were he serve another 10 years for killing a journalist, he was released 2010,he claim to have converted to Christianity,he is 56 years,
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