Timing of e-mail undermines justification for plane diversion to Minsk
Belarus claims a bomb threat from Hamas was received by e-mail, but there are questions over its authenticity
27 May 2021 - 16:22
Washington — A bomb threat cited by Belarusian authorities as the reason for forcing a Ryanair jetliner carrying a dissident journalist to land in Minsk was sent after the plane was diverted, privacy-focused e-mail provider Proton Technologies said on Thursday.
The Belarusian authorities said they ordered the plane, which was in Belarusian airspace on its way from Greece to Lithuania, to land in the Belarusian capital on Sunday because of a bomb threat from the Islamist militant group Hamas...
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