Man Wearing “Explosives Belt” Hijacks EgyptAir With 81 Passengers Onboard

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An Egyptian presidential spokesman said the correct name of the EgyptAir Flight 181 hijacker is Seif El Din Mustafa, an Egyptian national.

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Cypriot media said he has demanded that he speak with a Cypriot woman to whom he claims he was once married. She is now being brought to the airport to participate in the negotiations.

Addressing reporters with the visiting European parliament president, Martin Schulz, the Cypriot leader, Nikos Anastasiades, ruled out terrorism, confirming instead that it had been instigated a man bent on reuniting with his former wife.

"**It's all to do with a woman**," said the Cypriot president. "We are doing everything to release the hostages."