So a bunch of Turks were protesting in front of the Italian Consulate in the wake of the pope's visit. (Don't they have a Vatican consulate there? Why Italy? It's not their problem...)
The suspected shooters says:
"I don't want him here, if he was here now I would strangle him with my bare hands," the suspect, who identified himself as Ibrahim Ak, 26, told a Dogan news agency television camera as he was detained by police, according to The Associated Press.
"I fired the shots for God," Ak said as he sat handcuffed inside a police van outside the consulate. "Inshallah (God willing), this will be a spark, a starter for Muslims."
"God willing, he will not come, if he comes, he will see what will happen to him Inshallah," Ak said.
A Vatican spokesperson said:
"I believe (the shooting) is a very isolated and marginal act," chief Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, told CNN. He said he did not believe it would jeopardize the planning of the pope's trip, which was being carried out calmly.
Haven't there been a few priest murders in a couple of months?
