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Malta jails Libyan hijack accomplice

Tuesday, 03 Oct 2023 | 9:12 PM MYT

FILE PHOTO: A hijacked Libyan Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 stands on the runway at Malta Airport, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit-Lupi MALTA OUT/File Photo

VALLETTA (Reuters) - A supporter of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who was involved in the hijacking of an aircraft to Malta in 2016 has been jailed for 10 years by a Maltese court after he pleaded guilty.

Ali Ahmed Lano Saleh was one of two men who hijacked an Afriqiyah Airlines Airbus A320 to Malta on Dec. 23, 2016.

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