Mohammed Ali Hammadi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lebanese hijacker and alleged member of Hezbollah
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Place of Birth: Lebanon
About Mohammed Ali Hammadi
- Mohammed Ali Hammadi (Arabic: ???? ??? ??????), also known as Mohammed Ali Hamadi (born 13 June 1964, in Lebanon) is one of the list of FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists most notable for being the lead hijacker in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking.
- A Lebanese citizen and alleged member of Hezbollah, he was convicted in a West German court of law of air piracy, murder, and possession of explosives for his part in the 14 June 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847.Under indictment by US law enforcement for crimes related to the same hijacking, during which one passenger, U.S.
- Navy Seabee diver Robert Stethem, was extensively tortured prior to being murdered, Hammadi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the West German court.
- He was imprisoned in 1987 in West Germany for 19 years, but was paroled in 2005.
- He is considered a fugitive by the United States Department of Justice, which listed him as one of the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists in 2006.
- He is believed to reside in Lebanon. There has been speculation that his parole was granted as part of a covert prisoner swap, in exchange for the release of Susanne Osthoff.
- Taken hostage in Iraq a month prior, Osthoff was released the week of Hammadi's parole.
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