Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
EgyptAir: Hijacker surrenders at Larnaca airport
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An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to
Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday but the passengers
and crew were freed unharmed and the hijacker, whose motives remained a
mystery, was arrested after giving himself up.
Eighty-one
people, including 21 foreigners and 15 crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320
flight when it took off, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said in a statement.
Conflicting
theories emerged about the hijacker's motives, with Cypriot officials saying
early on the incident did not appear related to terrorism but the Cypriot state
broadcaster saying he had demanded the release of women prisoners in Egypt.
After the
aircraft landed at Larnaca airport, negotiations began and everyone onboard was
freed except three passengers and four crew, Egypt's Civil Aviation Minister
Sherif Fethy said.
Soon after his
comments, Cypriot television footage showed several people leaving the plane
via the stairs and another man climbing out of the cockpit window and running
off.
The hijacker
then surrendered to authorities.
"Its
over," the Cypriot foreign ministry said in a tweet.
Speaking to
reporters after the crisis ended, Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail said
the hijacker was an Egyptian national but that his motives remained unclear.
"At some
moments he asked to meet with a representative of the European Union and at
other points he asked to go to another airport but there was nothing
specific," he said, adding that the man would now be questioned to
ascertain his motives.
Cypriot
foreign ministry official Alexandros Zenon told reporters during the crisis
that the hijacker appeared to be "unstable".
Egypt's Civil
Aviation Ministry said the plane's pilot, Omar al-Gammal, had informed
authorities that he was threatened by a passenger who claimed to be wearing a
suicide explosives belt and forced him to divert the plane to Larnaca.
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