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Article: Ethiopian Plane Hijacked by University Students
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 26, 2001
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EDS: Updates With More Details on Ethiopian Plane Hijacked
ADDIS ABABA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- An Ethiopian plane was hijacked
by nine university students Thursday on a domestic flight from Bahir
Dar, capital of the northern state of Amhara, to Addis Ababa, Addis
Ababa International Airport security officials told Xinhua.
The nine students from Addis Ababa University, who were among the
50 Ethiopian passengers and crew members aboard, claimed that they
all carried military explosives, the security officials said.
After the plane safely landed at Khartoum International Airport,
the students announced that they wanted to seek political asylum
abroad and were waiting for talks with United States ...
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