Belmopan:
The New York Post, citing officials, stated that a knife -powered American citizen attempted to hijack a small tropic air plane in Belize on Thursday (local time), injuring three people before being shot, in which New York Post reported the officials.
The incident occurred on a flight bound to San Pedro in mid-hwa, when a 49-year-old suspect began attacking passengers with a knife.
According to Belize Commissioner Police Chester Williams, the attacker was later identified as an American citizen.
Commissioner Williams praised the passenger who intervened Taylor and shot Taylor, called him “hero”, as reported by the New York Post.
Officials said it is not clear how Taylor managed to bring a knife on the aircraft.
Belizian officials have approached the US embassy to assist in the ongoing investigation into the incident.
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