Netanyahu says Omani flydubai attacker 'underwent Islamist radical indoctrination'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Omani pilot who attempted to crash the flydubai flight to Israel on Wednesday underwent Islamist indoctrination, in the first official confirmation of an Islamist motive for the incident.
Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu said "we do know he underwent Islamist radical indoctrination," pointing to "personal information" that has come to light.
An Israeli official later told the Times of Israel that the attacker's "social media accounts [say] clearly that he has been radicalized into jihadist ideology. He talks about killing Jews.”
Netanyahu added that during the incident, the attacker called "out to the aircrew, ‘Kill me, kill me,'” indicating that “he was suicidal.”
He also reiterated that “it’s too early to say whether there was Iranian collusion.”
