Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
A Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dubai from Dhaka made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. The Bangladeshi suspect asked to speak to the country's prime minister before dying from injuries in an exchange of gunfire with military commandos, officials said. All 143 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were safely evacuated. The commandos fired at the suspect after he shot at them when they asked him to surrender, army major general Motiur Rahman said. He said that the suspect was carrying a pistol, but did not say where the shooting took place. Before the suspect was pronounced dead, Rahman had described him as a "terrorist" and said that he had been arrested and was being questioned. <br/>
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Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed
A Bangladesh Airlines flight bound for Dubai from Dhaka made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man attempted to hijack the plane, officials said. The Bangladeshi suspect asked to speak to the country's prime minister before dying from injuries in an exchange of gunfire with military commandos, officials said. All 143 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were safely evacuated. The commandos fired at the suspect after he shot at them when they asked him to surrender, army major general Motiur Rahman said. He said that the suspect was carrying a pistol, but did not say where the shooting took place. Before the suspect was pronounced dead, Rahman had described him as a "terrorist" and said that he had been arrested and was being questioned. <br/>
