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Libya plane hijackers want asylum in Malta

A group of hostages is released from a hijacked Afriqiyah Airways plane in Malta on December 23, 2016
A group of hostages is released from a hijacked Afriqiyah Airways plane in Malta on December 23, 2016
The hijackers have also said they want to set up a pro-Kadhafi political party.
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The two hijackers who forced a Libyan passenger plane to divert to Malta are supporters of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi and have asked for political asylum there, Libyas foreign minister said.

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Taher Siala, the foreign minister of Libya's internationally backed Government of National Accord, also said that the hijackers have said they want to set up a pro-Kadhafi political party.

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