Embarrassed, EgyptAir Hijacker Wife Won't Visit Her Husband
Rabu, 30 Maret 2016 - 19:07 WIB
Embarrassed, EgyptAir Hijacker Wife Won't Visit Her Husband
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NICOSIA - The EgyptAir plane hijacker's estranged wife is refusing to go and see him in prison after his stunt to visit her in Cyprus yesterday left her utterly embarrassed.
Police say lovesick Seif Eldin Mustafa, who used a fake explosives belt to force the plane to be redirected from Cairo to Cyprus, was hoping to visit his wife and children on the island.
According to his interpreter, his estranged wife claimed: 'I'm so embarrassed by all the publicity and I don't want to see him.'
Her comments come as it was revealed he forced the jet's diversion to Cyprus because he was an escaped prisoner whose passport had been blacklisted.
See more: EgyptAir Hijacking, From Siege to Surrender
source: http://en.sindonews.com/read/1096878/196/egyptair-hijacking-from-siege-to-surrender-1459327099
Prosecutor Andreas Lambrianou said Mustafa told police: 'What's someone supposed to do when he hasn't seen his wife and children in 24 years and the Egyptian government won't let him?'
Meanwhile, Mustafa said nothing today during his brief court hearing but gave the peace sign to reporters as he was whisked away in a police car from the courthouse in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Police told the court that the 58-year-old faces possible charges of hijacking, kidnapping people with the aim of taking them to an unknown destination, reckless and threatening behaviour and offences that breach the anti-terror law.
An Egyptian travel company is using the airliner hijacking to promote its tours - by suggesting travellers may get a free trip to Cyprus.
The company Lions Trips posted the shameless message (pictured) on its Facebook page just hours after Mustafa hijacked an the EgyptAir jet and forced it to be redirected from Cairo.
The post sparked fury online, with some labelling it 'heartless', while Lions Trips appeared to revel in its new-found notoriety.
Judge Maria Loizou said she found the police's request for the maximum eight-day detention necessary because of fears that the suspect might flee and the fact that he admitted to the hijacking in a voluntary statement to police.
Police say lovesick Seif Eldin Mustafa, who used a fake explosives belt to force the plane to be redirected from Cairo to Cyprus, was hoping to visit his wife and children on the island.
According to his interpreter, his estranged wife claimed: 'I'm so embarrassed by all the publicity and I don't want to see him.'
Her comments come as it was revealed he forced the jet's diversion to Cyprus because he was an escaped prisoner whose passport had been blacklisted.
See more: EgyptAir Hijacking, From Siege to Surrender
source: http://en.sindonews.com/read/1096878/196/egyptair-hijacking-from-siege-to-surrender-1459327099
Prosecutor Andreas Lambrianou said Mustafa told police: 'What's someone supposed to do when he hasn't seen his wife and children in 24 years and the Egyptian government won't let him?'
Meanwhile, Mustafa said nothing today during his brief court hearing but gave the peace sign to reporters as he was whisked away in a police car from the courthouse in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Police told the court that the 58-year-old faces possible charges of hijacking, kidnapping people with the aim of taking them to an unknown destination, reckless and threatening behaviour and offences that breach the anti-terror law.
An Egyptian travel company is using the airliner hijacking to promote its tours - by suggesting travellers may get a free trip to Cyprus.
The company Lions Trips posted the shameless message (pictured) on its Facebook page just hours after Mustafa hijacked an the EgyptAir jet and forced it to be redirected from Cairo.
The post sparked fury online, with some labelling it 'heartless', while Lions Trips appeared to revel in its new-found notoriety.
Judge Maria Loizou said she found the police's request for the maximum eight-day detention necessary because of fears that the suspect might flee and the fact that he admitted to the hijacking in a voluntary statement to police.
(rnz)
