Hijackers of Libyan passenger plane facing life sentence - Reports

  26 December 2016    Read: 1605
Hijackers of Libyan passenger plane facing life sentence - Reports
The detained hijackers of the Libyan aircraft, which were brought before the court in Malta on Sunday, may face life imprisonment in line with the Maltese legislation, local media reported.
The two men were charged with hijacking, possession of fake weapons, violence against a person on board, holding people against their will, making threats of violence and an attempt to cause financial or economic instability in the country, the Times of Malta newspaper reported.

The detainees reportedly denied some of the charges, including the hijacking.

An Afriqiyah Airways A320 plane flying from Libya`s Sabha to Tripoli with 118 people on board, including seven crew members, was hijacked and landed in Malta on Friday.

The two hijackers, who demanded the release of Libya`s long-standing leader Muammar Gaddafi`s son, surrendered shortly after the landing.

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