This is an archive article published on March 31, 2016

EgyptAir hijacker Seif Mustafa’s ex-wife says he is ‘extremely dangerous’

Marina Paraschou rejected media reports that 59-year-old Seif Eddin Mustafa hijacked the Airbus A320 with 72 passengers and crew onboard out of love for her.

By: AP

1 min readNicosiaMar 31, 2016 09:32 PM IST First published on: Mar 31, 2016 at 03:48 PM IST

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A hijacked Egypt Air A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus , March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

The Cypriot ex-wife of an Egyptian man who authorities say admitted to hijacking a domestic Egyptair flight and threatened to blow it up with a fake suicide belt says her former husband is an “extremely dangerous man” who used drugs, terrorized his family and beat her and their children.

Marina Paraschou rejected media reports that 59-year-old Seif Eddin Mustafa hijacked the Airbus A320 with 72 passengers and crew onboard out of love for her. In an interview published Wednesday in leading daily Phileleftheros, Paraschou said Mustafa never asked to speak to her and police only asked her to identify his voice.