SYDNEY: A multi-agency Australian counterterrorism unit is investigating the co-pilot's links to Australia after he stabbed his captain and then attempted to hijack flydubai flight FZ1073, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team – which comprises federal police, Victorian state police and the ASIO intelligence agency – were "investigating the man's links to Australia," the Australian Federal Police spokesman said.
Two sources briefed on the investigation said the co-pilot studied at a university in Melbourne, capital of the Australian state of Victoria.
