Egypt’s interior ministry released footage showing what it said was Seif El Din Mustafa passing through customs at Alexandria’s Burj al-Airport on March 29, before he boarded EgyptAir flight MS181. Mustafa is accused of later hijacking the aircraft, which was en route to Cairo, and forcing a diversion to Larnaca International Aiport in Cyprus.
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