Muslim on Muslim Violence. Three dead in Saudia Arabia hijacking attempt.

Saudi army security forces storm plane and free over 100 paasengers being held hostage.

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Saudi security forces stormed a hijacked Russian plane today, freeing more than 100 hostages and ending a tense drama that began when Chechen rebels armed with knives commandeered the aircraft after take-off from Istanbul and threatened to blow it up. Three people - a flight attendant, a hijacker
and a passenger - were killed and several others were injured, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

Paramedics at the scene said a woman - the flight attendant - was knifed to death and two men were killed by gunfire. The Interior Ministry said the flight attendant was killed by the hijackers during the rescue operation. The other hijackers were arrested, the ministry said, without giving their number.

The Saudis said they decided to storm the plane, in consultation with the Russian government, after reaching "a dead end" in on-again, off-again negotiations during the 18 hours the jetliner was parked on the tarmac at Medina International Airport.


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