The man who tried to assassinate the late Pope John Paul II has disappeared. Mehmet Ali Agca, who tried to kill the pope on May 13, 1981 was released from prison, in Turkey, yesterday. He was ordered to check in at police stations every day until officials decided whether or not he should be drafted into the military. By this evening he had failed to show up.
Agca was also ordered to appear at a military hospital on Monday. If he fails to show up he will be branded a draft-dodger (how about "would-be assassin?"). Officials are waiting to make sure that their hasn't been a mistake, there has been. They made it when they released Agca from jail. Someone should examine the Turkish officials' heads (and that right speedily).