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Wednesday, 30 March 2016

No explosives on EgyptAir hijacker or on plane

Searches by Cyprus police found no explosives on the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane diverted to the island or inside the aircraft, a police source told AFP. 
A man believed to be the hijacker of the EgyptAir plane which was diverted to Cyprus, leaves the plane before surrendering to security forces. (George Michael, AFP)
A man believed to be the hijacker of the EgyptAir plane which was diverted to Cyprus, leaves the plane before surrendering to security forces.
The hijacker, who is in custody after surrendering to police following a six-hour stand-off at Larnaca airport, had claimed to be wearing an explosives belt, Egyptian officials said.

Counter-terrorism police frisked the hijacker on the tarmac then interrogated him for more than an hour before boarding the plane and searching it with sniffer dogs.

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