All on board apart from crew and four foreign passengers freed after hijack by man reportedly carrying suicide bomb belt. 9.15am BSTMore on the hijacker from Helena Smith.#cyprus #egypt air hijacker now being described as Lebanese: his demand political asylum,according to Cypriot police officials 9.13am BSTThe Cyprus Broadcasting Service, the island’s public TV and radio provider, or has said it is believed the hijacker might own personal rather than political motives.
He has an ex-wife in Cyprus,it said, reporting that witnesses said the man threw a letter from the plane in Larnaca, and written in Arabic,asking that it be delivered to his ex-wife, who is a Cypriot.
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Source: theguardian.com