3 Hijacking Charges Dismissed
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
Three charges against a suspected terrorist accused of hijacking a Jordanian airliner were dismissed today when a judge ruled the government lacked jurisdiction to prosecute him for allegedly destroying the plane.
U.S. District Judge Barrington D. Parker ruled that Fawaz Younis could not be charged with assaulting passengers and blowing up the Jordanian jetliner at Beirut International Airport in June, 1985. The judge refused to dismiss six conspiracy and hijacking counts of the indictment.
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