The accused Flydubai hijacker touted violence against women and expressed hatred of Jews and gays in sickening social media messages he made while studying to become a pilot – before attacking his captain with a crash ax and attempting to bring down a plane.
Hamam al-Hammami, 29, is believed to have held the series of extreme positions while studying aviation management remotely at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) in the United Kingdom, the Telegraph reported.
During an exchange with a woman, he allegedly said: “I would stomp on your head, I would wipe the floor with you, I would make you an example to others, then I would divorce you,” the media reported, following an analysis of more than 2,000 messages published between November 2021 and August 2022 by an X account believed to be that of al-Hammami.
In another response to a discussion about men assaulting women, al-Hammami reportedly said: “He gave her a preemptive slap to redefine its borders, just as Russia slapped Ukraine to adjust its borders.” »
During the same exchange, al-Hammami allegedly posted that if a woman “just breathes” around a man, he should “stomple on her head,” according to reports.
In another exchange, the account that appears to be al-Hammami’s was responding to a message from a man asking if he could complain to his wife after finding her speaking “badly” about him to her boss.
“Yes, but first we have to trample on her head, make her life miserable and make her taste the bitterness of what she has done,” he wrote in response.
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Elsewhere, al-Hammami called another man a “coward and scoundrel” for not violently attacking his wife after catching her talking to another man.
His misogynistic messages notably described women as “cheap meat devoured by everyone”.
Other publications call for harsh Islamic sanctions against Jews and homosexuals, according to the report.
“His social media accounts (indicate) clearly that he has radicalized into jihadist ideology. He talks about killing Jews,” an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Thursday.
Al-Hammami, an Omani national, allegedly stabbed the plane’s captain, Smit Machchhar, in the cockpit with an ax and attempted to take control of the plane in a “terrorist attack” on Wednesday.
His actions nearly caused the plane with 182 people on board to crash before passengers rushed and subdued it.
All posts related to al-Hammami were made while he was studying remotely at BNU while still living in Oman.
On the day of the attack, BNU said its license to sponsor international students had been suspended by the British government for reasons unrelated to al-Hammami.
No concerns were raised by BNU about al-Hammami during his time on the three-year course remotely, but the college is currently carrying out a review of his course, the Telegraph reported.
Al-Hammami was dismissed from his previous role at Oman’s national airline last year following concerns over his extremist Islamist views, it emerged on Saturday.
Two posts showing video of Israeli airline planes, followed by a photo montage of a suicide bomber and al-Qaeda leaders, appeared on a LinkedIn profile corresponding to al-Hammami nine hours after the hijacking attempt.
It’s unclear whether these posts were scheduled in advance or if someone else shared them on the account.
With post wires
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