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Bangladesh aircraft hijacker ‘had toy gun’ say police

Air
James Chapple
25 February 2019

A man who reportedly tried to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight to Dhaka on Sunday (February 24) was wielding a toy gun and had no explosives on him, local police have said.

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The 40-year-old was allegedly shot in Cape Town's Nyanga township

After the man allegedly made threats to blow up the aircraft and tried to force his way into the cockpit, the flight made an emergency landing in Chittagong, where it was met by armed officers.


Reuters reports commandos stormed the Boeing 737 and shot the would-be hijacker, who later died of his injuries. All 148 passengers and crew safely disembarked.


“The pistol with the suspect was a toy pistol and he had no bomb attached to his body,” said Kusum Dewan, additional commissioner of Chittagong police, Reuters reports.


The airport was shut during the incident but has since reopened.