'He's Not A Terrorist, He's An Idiot': Egyptian Minister Condemns �American� Hijacker
The Egyptian man holding 11 people, including four 'foreigners', hostage on a passenger jet after hijacking the plane with a suicide vest, has been branded an 'idiot' by his foreign ministry.
Ibrahim Samaha, 27, has asked negotiators at Larnaca airport for political asylum - and demanded to see his Cypriot ex-wife who lives on the island.