25 passengers released from hijacked Libyan plane

December 23, 2016 18:55

The first 25 of the 118 people on board an Afriqiyah Airways flight which has been hijacked from Libya and diverted to Malta where it landed earlier today, have been released.

"First group of passengers, consisting of women and children, being released now," Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter.

"First 25 passengers released," he said in another tweet.

Negotiations are currently on with the two hijackers reportedly present on the plane. They had threatened to blow up the Airbus A320 and are reportedly carrying grenades.

Maltese media reported that the hijacked plane had been on a domestic Libyan flight operated by Afriqiyah Airways. The aircraft had been flying from Sebha in southwest Libya to Tripoli and had 111 passengers, including an infant, and seven crew.

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