Posted on 03/29/2016 4:54:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
BREAKING: A man who claimed to be wearing a suicide belt when he hijacked an EgyptAir passenger plane and forced it to land in Cyprus Tuesday morning is “not a terrorist,” but a lovestruck “idiot,” Egypt’s foreign ministry said as authorities worked to gain the release of the last seven passengers and crewmembers still aboard.
The man forced the EgyptAir Airbus A320, bound from Alexandria to Cairo, to land at Larnaca airport on Tuesday morning and demanded a meeting with his ex-wife, according to reports. He released most of the passengers, but kept three as well as four members of the cabin crew, according to Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister. It was not known if the suicide belt was real.
The man "seems (to be) in love," a Cyprus government official told The Associated Press. Separately, a civil aviation official said the man gave negotiators the name of a woman who lives in Cyprus and asked to give her an envelope.
“He’s not a terrorist, he’s an idiot,” Egypt’s foreign ministry said in a statement to a Cairo-based journalist quoted by Reuters. “Terrorists are crazy but they aren’t stupid. This guy is.”
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....why is the idiot holding 4 foreigers?
Plus it’s over
If he were a terrorist, he wouldn't have released anyone.
An act of love? Is “love” on the list of redefined words?
If he was a terrorist he would have blown it up long before reaching Cyprus.
I’m go a buy movie rights to his story. It will be the romantic comedy hit of the year!
How did an “idiot” get past security with a supposed bomb. Me thinks the label “idiot” may be misplaced.
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