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A flight from Istanbul to Tymbou in northern Cyprus was reportedly cancelled over a terror scare prompted by one of the passengers. The woman, who wore sunglasses and covered her face with a veil, claimed to be a member of FETO - the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation, linked to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen by the Turkish government.
A woman claiming to be a terrorist and threatened to blow up an aircraft in Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport
was surrounded and restrained by fellow passengers.
The Turkish newspaper
Hurriyet reports that the woman, wearing a face veil and dark glasses,
started shouting and waving a Koran before take-off, right when the plane, destined for Tymbou in northern Cyprus from Istanbul, was on the runway.
"I am a Feto member, and I will blow up the aircraft", she reportedly shouted in Turkish, referring to the Fethullah Terrorist Organisation, accused of orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt and linked to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen by the Turkish government.
Before security arrived and escorted her off the plane, she is said to have had a row with other travellers and lit cigarettes.
Although she allegedly claimed that she had five bombs, nothing was found on board.
Comment: According to the Portland Business Journal, Lyles is seeking quite the payout: The PBJ article is unsurprisingly a bit more balanced than the one posted above, however the WW article is instructive to witness first-hand just how darn confusing it is to use 'they' when only referencing a single person! Sentences have to be re-read just to understand what the heck is going on. This isn't about 'wounding' or civil rights abuses. It sounds more likely that Lyles was upset about not getting a fulltime job and indulged her unfettered narcissism and fantasy thinking to justify the feeling that she was wronged and thus deserves lots of money. That said, Nike sure has painted a target on itself by signaling how 'woke' they are. Progressives like to eat their own at every opportunity. Check out the uproar over JK Rowling supporting the simple statement that biological sex is real.