The World - News from May 26, 1985
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A Turkish national with possible links to the May, 1981, plot to kill Pope John Paul II was arrested in the Netherlands carrying a loaded handgun and false identity papers the day before the pontiff left the country for Luxembourg, Dutch officials announced. Public Prosecutor L. van der Lann said the suspect, who gave his name as Aslan Esmet, was arrested May 14 on a train entering the country from West Germany. CBS News reported that the gun found on Esmet may have been one of several purchased by Mehmet Ali Agca and an accomplice shortly before Agca shot the Pope.
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