Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old Lebanese man suspected of involvement in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA plane in which a US navy diver was killed.
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A Greek police official said on Saturday the suspect had disembarked from a cruise ship on the island of Mykonos on Thursday and that his name came up as being wanted by German authorities.
He was also wanted in connection with a 1987 kidnapping crime, possibly related to his release in return for the freeing of two German citizens held hostage by his accomplices in Lebanon, the source said.
The suspect was being held in a high-security prison until German authorities identify him as the person wanted, the source added.
The German federal prosecutor's office declined to comment on the case.
Trans World Airlines's flight 847 from Cairo to San Diego with several en route stops was hijacked shortly after taking off from Athens in 1985. The hijackers demanded the release of Shi'ite Muslim prisoners from Israeli custody.
The passengers and crew endured a three-day intercontinental ordeal. Some passengers were beaten and a US Navy diver who was on board the aircraft was beaten and murdered.
Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the following two weeks before being released by their captors after some of their demands were met.
Australian Associated Press