US man hijacks small plane in Belize, stabs 3 people before he's shot dead

Bureaucrats at the Philip S W Goldson International Airport P G I A say they were alerted to a U S man who was hijacking a small plane in Belize on Thursday The man stabbed two passengers and a pilot before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him according to officers in Belize and the United States The voyager was licensed to carry a firearm and later turned his weapon over to the police We are praying for him Chester Williams Belize police commissioner informed reporters He s our hero YOUNG AMERICAN TOURISTS' CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED AFTER THEY WERE DETECTED 'MOTIONLESS' AT BEACH RESORTWilliams identified the hijacker as Akinyela Taylor and revealed he was a U S military veteran a analysis by The Associated Press reported U S authorities could not confirm the Belize police commissioner s comment that Taylor was a military veteran The air flight Cessna Caravan V HIG from Corozal to San Pedro had passengers and crew members onboard the message from P G I A noted A full crisis was declared this instant after the occurrence started and the aircraft circled in random directions for approximately two hours until completely landing safely at the P G I A according to a announcement by the Belize Airport Concession Company ATLANTA BUS HIJACKING SUSPECT HAD PRIOR ARRESTS MENTAL ILLNESSES FAMILY SAYSU S State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce stated at a news briefing in Washington that representatives were still gathering information about what occurred Horrifying she commented We are grateful I think all of us are that it did not turn into a mass casualty event with I believe over a dozen people on the plane Clearly we know a limited details We don t know much more U S executives announced they did not know the motive for Taylor s hijacking but were working with Belizean personnel to determine what happened