Hijacker claims Egypt 'must have murdered' Italian student
An Egyptian hijacker who's fighting his extradition says Egypt's military-backed government "must have tortured and murdered" an Italian doctoral student who he claims he saw being interrogated in a Cairo prison.
Seif Eddin Mustafa told a Cypriot court Thursday he hijacked the domestic EgyptAir flight in March intending to seek asylum in Italy in order to "point the finger" at Egypt's "fascist regime."
Mustafa said he caught a glimpse of a "foreign-looking" person in Lazogli prison during his nearly two-month detention there in December and January.
