The Turkish assailant who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 will be released from prison this week and now wants to work towards world peace. A court decided to free Mehmet Ali Agca, 48, on parole, saying he had completed his prison term in Turkey.Agca was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in prison in Italy for shooting and wounding the Pope in St. Peter's Square in Rome in 1981. Agca's lawyer Mustafa Demirbag said: "He says, 'I want to extend the hand of peace and friendship to everyone. I want to engage a struggle for democracy and culture'. Agca has received no special treatment, he is just benefiting from current laws."