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29th Mar 2016

EgyptAir press conference warns people ‘not to listen’ to reports of Irish hostage

Carl Kinsella

Reports had suggested that one of the four foreign passengers kept aboard this morning hijacked EgyptAir flight is Irish.

As we pointed out earlier, reports that there was an Irish hostage had not been confirmed by Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs.

EgyptAir have now made it clear that it will not be disclosing either the name of the attacker, or the names and nationalities of those currently held hostage.

This is not to say that any of the hostages are Irish, but it is a clear message from EgyptAir that they are the only source to be trusted on the matter.

The spokesperson went on to say that, as of yet, no specific demands had been made by the hijacker.

The hijacker had originally been identified as Ibrahim Samaha – a claim which turns out to be totally false, as the Egyptian man has since spoken to the BBC.

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