EgyptAir hijacking ‘not terrorism-related’: Cyprus president
Cypurs President Nicos Anastasiades has said the hijacking of an EgyptAir plane to Cyprus on Tuesday is not related to terrorism.
Cypurs President Nicos Anastasiades has said the hijacking of an EgyptAir plane to Cyprus on Tuesday is not related to terrorism.
He said the Cyprus government had done everything it could to ensure the safe release of the passengers, most of whom were reported to have been set free. A hijacker had seized an Egyptian airliner and diverted it to Cyprus, before releasing all some of the passengers on board.
Cyprus state radio said the man was demanding asylum in the Mediterranean island nation.
The station said the man, who is not Egyptian, asked for a translator to press his demand.
Egyptian civil aviation said the hijacker had threatened to detonate an explosives belt on the flight which was diverted to Cyprus’s southern coastal city of Larnaca.
The station said the man, who is not Egyptian, asked for a translator to press his demand.
Egyptian civil aviation said the hijacker had threatened to detonate an explosives belt on the flight which was diverted to Cyprus’s southern coastal city of Larnaca.
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