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Hijack suspect received US flight training

watch listen Friday, 30 August 2002 17:02

The Swedish Police have confirmed that the Swedish citizen of Tunisian origin arrested in Sweden on Thursday night - on suspicion he was about to hijack a Ryanair plane bound for Stansted airport - had received flight training in the US.

There are mixed reports that the man was planning to crash the aircraft into a US embassy in Europe.

Reuters news agency quote Swedish intelligence sources as saying the 29-year-old man may have been working with others on the plan.

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Police are looking for four more men, including an explosives expert.
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