Attempted aerial hijacking in Belize: passenger kills the attacker | EUROtoday

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An American citizen was killed with a firearm whereas He tried to divert a small passenger airplane to Belize And after injuring two folks aboard the plane: the Guardian experiences: 14 passengers had been on the airplane when the person, recognized as Akinyela Sawa Taylor, took management of the flight underneath the specter of a knife.

Two passengers had been injured, together with one stabbed within the again.

Taylor ordered the pilot to take him overseas, however was hit within the chest by Un different passenger who opened fireplace along with his gunBelize police commissioner, Chester Williams reported to native journalists.

After flying over the coast close to Belize City, with the gas virtually exhausted, the airplane landed at Philip Goldson worldwide airport. Taylor was declared useless in an area hospital e The stabbed passenger is in vital circumstances.

Belize borders Mexico

The police opened an investigation into the explanations for the hijacking, however Williams mentioned that Taylor beforehand had been refused to enter the nation.