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

Officers 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 administrators 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 reported reporters He s our hero YOUNG AMERICAN TOURISTS' CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED AFTER THEY WERE DISCOVERED 'MOTIONLESS' AT BEACH RESORTWilliams identified the hijacker as Akinyela Taylor and commented he was a U S military veteran a statement by The Associated Press announced U S leaders could not confirm the Belize police commissioner s declaration 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 announcement from P G I A announced A full urgency was declared right now after the occurrence started and the aircraft circled in random directions for approximately two hours until ultimately landing safely at the P G I A according to a comment by the Belize Airport Concession Company ATLANTA BUS HIJACKING SUSPECT HAD PRIOR ARRESTS MENTAL ILLNESSES FAMILY SAYSU S State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce announced at a news briefing in Washington that personnel were still gathering information about what occurred Horrifying she stated 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 minimal details We don t know much more U S officers revealed they did not know the motive for Taylor s hijacking but were working with Belizean government to determine what happened