The #EgyptAir hijacker has been identified as a man named Ibrahim Samaha
Hijacker wearing suicide vest allows all but four foreign passengers from EgyptAir jet carrying eight Britons - and demands political asylum in Cyprus.
The man holding 11 people, including four 'foreigners', hostage on an Egyptian passenger jet at a Cypriot airport after hijacking the plane with a suicide vest is demanding political asylum.
EgyptAir MS181, carrying 62 people, including eight Brits and ten Americans, was en-route from Alexandria to Cairo when it was hijacked, forcing it to land at Larnaca airport, Cyprus.
Negotiations with the hijacker has since resulted in the release of a majority of the hostages, except for the crew and four foreigners, EgyptAir said.
The nationalities of the four 'foreign' passengers are not yet known.
The hijacker has been identified as a man named Ibrahim Samaha, who continues to hold the crew and four foreigners hostage on the tarmac.
Samaha, of unknown nationality, is asking for a translator and political asylum, Cypriot state television reports.
