EGYPT PLANE HIJACKER IS FINALLY ARRESTED

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The Egypt plane  Hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa  is finally arrested and the stand off is over at Larnaca Airport.MFA holding press conference on the subject.

IKasoulides speaking at a press conference in MFA on the #MS181 hijack#EgyptAir#LarnacaAirport

The hijacker has emerged from the aircraft with his hands held up, Cyprus TV reports. According to the Foreign Ministry’s Twitter account, the stand-off is over and the man has been arrested.

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   The #hijacker arrested. #LarnacaAirport # Egyptair
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   Cyprus MFA ‏@CyprusMFA 3h3 hours ago

   The #hijacker of #MS181 is Seif Eldin Mustafa. The situation is still ongoing

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Its over. The #hijacker arrested. #LarnacaAirport # Egyptair

• Egypt’s Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy briefing media said  that the captain, an assistant, an air hostess and a security guard remained on board, along with three passengers. He declined to give the nationalities of those remaining on the plane.

The Civil Aviation Ministry said that the pilot of the Egypt domestic air plane, Omar Al-Gammal, told the authorities he was threatened by a passenger with a suicide belt but later emerged that information regarding explosives turned out to be false.

Egypt Air flight MS181 was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus by a passenger on board named as Seif Eldin. There are still seven hostages inside the aircraft, while it is believed that Eldin has asked for female prisoners in Egypt to be released.

An official from the Cyprus Foreign Ministry says the hijacking incident does not appear to be related to terrorism, but the official added that the hijacker, who has been named as Seif Eldin Mustafa does appear to be unstable. The ministry added that negotiations are continuing.