Mohamed Ali refuses to testify
NZPA-Reuter Dusseldorf A Lebanese suspect in the 1985 hijacking of a United States airliner raised his chained fists in defiance and refused to testify yesterday at the trial of his brother, who is accused of kidnapping. Mohamed Ali Hamadi was brought by helicopter under intense security to the Duesseldorf Court trying Abbas Ali Hamadi on charges of abducting two West Germans in Beirut a year ago. The men were seized by Shi’ite Muslims seeking to prevent Mohamed Ali’s extradition to the United
States and to force an eventual prisoner swap. “I do not want to give statements,” Mohamed Ali, aged 23, shouted in German at Judge Klaus Arend from the witness stand where he stood flanked by two burly security officers almost twice his size. Casting a sad glance in the direction of his brother, he said: “What you want to say, you should keep to yourself.” His refusal to testify apparently annoyed Abbas Ali, aged 29, who waved his arm in disgust and gestured with an upturned thumb at Mohamed Ali.
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Press, 29 January 1988, Page 7
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