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| ''No, I didn't!'' sez Sven |
| 2002-08-31 |
| A man arrested at a Swedish airport after a gun was found in his carryon luggage was not planning a hijacking, his "I know nothing! NOTHING! Hogan, tell him...!" The 29-year-old suspect, identified by the defense attorney as Kerim Chatty, a Muslim. Defense attorney Nils Uggla said his client can explain why he carried a gun in a toilet-articles bag and that Chatty regrets causing trouble for the 20 people booked on the same flight to Britain who also were detained for questioning and later released. ``He denies that this has anything at all to do with terrorism or airplane hijacking,'' Uggla told The Associated Press by telephone. ``He is deeply sorry that he caused trouble for the others who were traveling.'' Usually, gun + airplane = hijacking. Hard to think of an explanation that doesn't include that equation... Police said the suspect had been convicted of theft and assault. Does that mean he beat somebody up and stole the gun? The Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reported on Saturday that the suspect had attended flight school in Conway, S.C. The paper quoted Jim Trautman, an official at the North American Institute of Aviation, as saying the suspect had studied at the school. ``Unfortunately I cannot see whether he finally received a diploma or not,'' Trautman was quoted as saying. But then, he wouldn't need one, would he, if he didn't intend to land... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |