Terrorist images found on Flydubai suspect’s social media
UAE authorities are examining whether the attack involved terrorist activity and prior planning after the suspect was transferred from Saudi Arabia.
- On Wednesday, a pilot attacked another pilot aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight, prompting an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia where the suspect was taken into custody before transfer to the UAE.
- Sources told CNN the suspect was removed from Oman Air last year following concerns about his extremist views, then reassigned within the airline before joining Flydubai eight months ago.
- An Omani citizen born in the UAE to a Syrian mother, the suspect previously worked for Royal Air Maroc; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he was believed to have undergone Islamist radical indoctrination.
- The suspect was transferred from Saudi Arabia to the UAE where he now faces a terrorism investigation, as Flydubai declined to comment pending the outcome.
- Israeli officials confirmed the suspect's identity as CNN sought comment from Oman Air, Royal Air Maroc, and Dubai government media offices regarding his employment history across regional carriers.
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