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EgyptAir hijacking 'not terrorism-related': Cyprus president

AFP
AFP
29/03/2016
09:24 MYT
EgyptAir hijacking 'not terrorism-related': Cyprus president
A hijacker who diverted an EgyptAir flight to Cyprus on Tuesday has released everyone on board except four foreign passengers and the crew, the airline said on Twitter. - AFP Photo
The hijacking of an EgyptAir plane to Cyprus on Tuesday is not related to terrorism, the island's President Nicos Anastasiades said.
"The hijacking is not terrorism-related," he told a joint news conference with the visiting president of the European Parliament Martin Schultz.
Anastasiades said the Cyprus government had done everything it could to ensure the safe release of the passengers, most of whom were reported to have been set free.
READ: Cyprus closes Larnaca airport after hijacking, flights diverted to Paphos
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