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

Leadership 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 functionaries in Belize and the United States The visitor 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 advised reporters He s our hero YOUNG AMERICAN TOURISTS' CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED AFTER THEY WERE UNCOVERED 'MOTIONLESS' AT BEACH RESORTWilliams identified the hijacker as Akinyela Taylor and announced he was a U S military veteran a review by The Associated Press mentioned U S leaders could not confirm the Belize police commissioner s announcement 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 declaration from P G I A declared A full urgency was declared without delay after the development started and the aircraft circled in random directions for approximately two hours until in the end landing safely at the P G I A according to a declaration by the Belize Airport Concession Company ATLANTA BUS HIJACKING SUSPECT HAD PRIOR ARRESTS MENTAL ILLNESSES FAMILY SAYSU S State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce reported at a news briefing in Washington that agents were still gathering information about what occurred Horrifying she mentioned 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 meager details We don t know much more U S functionaries declared they did not know the motive for Taylor s hijacking but were working with Belizean officers to determine what happened