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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Four Belarusian officials face aircraft piracy charges

BelTA

U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year to arrest an opposition journalist, using a ruse that there was a bomb threat.

The charges in Manhattan federal court were announced by federal prosecutors.

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