UAE Attorney-General Classifies Flydubai Cockpit Attack as Terrorist Act
Investigators found the co-pilot who attacked the captain had planned a terrorist attack, state news agency WAM quoted Al Shamsi as saying.
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The United Arab Emirates attorney-general has classified the attack by a flydubai co-pilot on the flight's captain as a terrorist attack, according to TASS, citing the state-run WAM news agency.
An investigation found that the co-pilot, who attacked the captain, had planned to carry out the attack, WAM quoted Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi as saying.
The classification formalizes the UAE's characterization of the incident, which had already drawn extensive coverage from international media describing an assault involving a cockpit emergency axe.
Further specifics on the legal proceedings expected to follow this classification, including potential charges against the co-pilot, were not detailed in the available report.
UAE authorities have not released, in the information available, additional details on the co-pilot's background beyond the finding that the act was premeditated.
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