Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Sunday that authorities there were investigating the "links to Australia" of a flydubai co-pilot who attacked the captain on a flight to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot of the flydubai flight 1073, which was bound for Israel from Dubai, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, calling the…
Australian police are investigating the links to Australia of a flydubai co-pilot who attacked the captain on a flight to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot, identified as Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani national, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe on flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
The United Arab Emirates prosecutor general called the incident a terrorist attack. According to Investing.com, al-Hammami studied at a university in Melbourne, specifically RMIT university, though RMIT had no comment.
The Australian Federal Police confirmed it is investigating al-Hammami's links to Australia, with the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team, comprising the AFP, Victoria Police and ASIO, leading the probe. An update will be provided at an appropriate time, an AFP spokesperson said.
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