# Netanyahu says flight attacker underwent Islamist radical indoctrination

https://mins.news/en/item/82119

- BBC News, 2026-10-01 15:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crje8edqyej9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says investigations indicate that a man who stabbed the co-pilot and tried to seize control of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had undergone Islamist radical indoctrination and very likely intended to crash the plane. Passengers and crew subdued him before the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The UAE has opened an investigation into possible terrorist links.

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