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Co-pilot in flight stabbing had ‘Islamic radical indoctrination’, says Netanyahu
Alleged flydubai attacker interrogated by Saudi security services as investigation into apparent crash attempt opens The Omani co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an apparent attempt to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai had previously undergone radical Islamist indoctrination and was suicidal,
What the coverage shows
Both outlets center Netanyahu’s claim that the co-pilot underwent Islamist radical indoctrination, and both frame the incident as an apparent attempt to bring down the plane. The Guardian US extract adds more background, including that the alleged attacker was being interrogated by Saudi security services and had been suicidal, details not mentioned by BBC News. BBC News stays tighter to the prime minister’s quote and the alleged intent to "down the plane."
Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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