Hijacker of plane A320 of the airline Egypt Air is a safe al-DIN Mustafa could remain in Cyprus. As informs Agency Associated Press, the Minister of internal Affairs of Cyprus sokratis Hasikos confirmed that a criminal has applied for political asylum on the island.
The question of extradition of Mustafa insist on what the Egyptian authorities, will be considered secondarily. At home he faces a 25-year (life) prison sentence because the hijacking qualifies as a terrorist act. The punishment may be mitigated only if the results of the psychological examination, he will be declared insane.
Mustafa himself has already shown the soundness of the judgment by hiring a lawyer to protect their interests and prevent the extradition.
Passenger airplane A320 travelling from Bourg-El-Arab to Cairo, was hijacked on the morning of March 29. The hijacker threatening to blow up the bomb (as it turned out, no explosive he was not), tried to change the route of the liner. Pilots, using the fact that the aircraft requires refueling, the aircraft landed at the airport of the Cypriot city of Larnaca. Most of the passengers was almost immediately released in a few hours the offender was kept on Board only a few people, but eventually they were all released unharmed and voluntarily surrendered to the police.
The reasons for his action until the end is still not clear. The Egyptian authorities stated that “no political opinion”. Mustafa himself explained his action by problems in the family.
