Dubai Sentences Hijacking Co-Pilot to Death
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
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- Dubai authorities have decided co-pilot Maam Al-Hamami will face death penalty.
- Al-Hamami attempted to crash a FlyDubai flight to Israel.
- He allegedly attacked the captain with an axe.
- Execution by hanging is the expected sentence if convicted.
Dubai authorities have decided that co-pilot Maam Al-Hamami, who attempted to crash a FlyDubai flight to Israel in an "11-September style" attack, will face the death penalty. Speculation had been rife since Al-Hamami's arrest, following his alleged assault on the flight's captain, Samit Mushar, with an emergency axe, and his subsequent attempt to crash the plane. According to a report by The New York Times, Dubai's leadership has definitively ruled out any other sentence for Al-Hamami. If convicted, he is expected to be executed by hanging in the United Arab Emirates, where the law permits capital punishment for attackers. The authorities in Dubai and the UAE leadership have ordered that no other sentence be considered for him.
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