Egypt hands life sentence to plane hijacker
An Egyptian court on Tuesday handed a life sentence to an Egyptian man who hijacked a plane to Cyprus in 2016 using a fake explosive...
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Hijacker extradited to Egypt (Update)
The Egyptian national, who hijacked an airliner in Cyprus in 2016 using a fake explosive belt, was handed over to Egyptian authorities on Saturday. Seif...
Egyptian hijacker’s lawyer presents new version of events
EGYPTIAN hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa never asked to see his former wife during the March 29, 2016, hijacking of an Egyptian Airlines plane, which he...
Court reject’s hijacker’s appeal for extradition to Egypt
EGYPTIAN hijacker Saif Eldin Mustafa’s habeas corpus appeal, by which he claimed being unlawfully detained after applying for political asylum, was rejected by the Supreme...
Egyptair hijacker to appeal extradition
The appeal to the extradition of an Egyptian man, who last March hijacked a domestic Egyptair flight, wearing a fake suicide belt and engaging in...
Hijacker claims prison mistreatment, brings drugs to court as ‘proof of pressure’
An Egyptian man fighting extradition for hijacking an EgyptAir flight that was diverted to Larnaca who claimed Wednesday he had his teeth knocked out in...
Court rules against teleconference testimony in hijacker case
Nicosia District court Friday postponed the extradition hearing of an Egyptian man wanted for hijacking an EgyptAir flight that was diverted to Larnaca, turning down...
Hijacker extradition hearing postponed pending expert testimony
By Eleni Lazarou Nicosia District court on Tuesday postponed the extradition hearing of an Egyptian man wanted for hijacking an EgyptAir flight that was diverted...
Hijacker wants to stay in ‘5-star prison’
SEIF Eldin Mustafa, who is fighting extradition to his native Egypt for the hijacking of an internal flight in March, expressed on Friday his preference...
Hijacker pleads against extradition to Egypt
Seif Eldin Mustafa, the hijacker of an Egyptair plane that was diverted to Larnaca in late March, pleaded with a judge on Thursday to deny...
Hijacker made contradictory statements during asylum bid, court hears
The Nicosia court examining Egypt’s extradition request for the hijacker of the Egyptair plane that was diverted to Larnaca in late March, heard Wednesday that...
Egyptian hijacker’s wife tells court he was always in and out of prison
The Nicosia court heard Friday that the hijacker of the Egyptair plane that was diverted to Larnaca on March 29 was only out of prison...
Hijacker’s court hearing adjourned for defence to prepare (Update)
THE court hearing for the extradition of hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa to Egypt will resume next Thursday, the Nicosia district court said on Friday....
Hijacker ‘not eligible’ for political asylum
CYPRIOT authorities have decided to exclude from consideration the political asylum application of the Egyptian hijacker who forced a domestic Egyptair flight to land in...
Egyptair hijacker seeks political asylum in Cyprus
The Egyptian hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59 has formally requested political asylum in Cyprus, the justice ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Mustafa hit international headlines...
Cyprus approves extradition of hijacker to Egypt (Updated)
Cyprus’ justice ministry on Wednesday approved an order to extradite Egyptian hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa back to Egypt, after he hijacked an Egyptair flight last...
Justice minister waiting for official request from Egypt for hijacker’s extradition
Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday that his ministry would examine the legal and political aspects concerning the extradition of the 59-year-old Egyptian Seif...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Hijacking international headlines
FOR A FEW hours on Tuesday morning it looked like we were on the way to becoming a regional centre for hijacked planes but our...
Hijacker Mustafa ‘brought nothing but misery to his family’
Although Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59, the Egyptian man who hijacked an Egyptair flight on Tuesday and diverted it to Cyprus was portrayed in part as...