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		</div><p>The EgyptAir plane hostage situation at Larnaca airport in Cyprus has ended after the alleged hijacker was arrested, the Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.</p>
<p>A man who claimed to have an explosive vest had been holding seven people hostage aboard an EgyptAir plane after forcing it to divert to the Mediterranean island during a domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo.</p>
<p>The airline said the plane, flight number MS181, was carrying 56 passengers, including 26 foreigners, and seven crew, as well as a security officer.</p>
<p>Minutes before the alleged hijacker was arrested a number of people were seen leaving the plane, walking down the stairs, with one climbing out of a cockpit window, before being led away by security officers.</p>
<p>Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides also confirmed the end of the hijacking, tweeting: &#8220;The hijacker has just been arrested.&#8221;</p>
<p>EgyptAir confirmed that all the hostages have been released, saying: &#8220;Official sources at EgyptAir declared the release of all the hostages and the arrest of the hijacker.&#8221;</p>
<p>Almost all of the passengers were released soon after the plane landed at Larnaca airport, shortly before 9am on Tuesday.</p>
<p>It was claimed the man was wearing a suicide vest. Egyptian ministers were unable to confirm the report but said they were treating it as a &#8220;real threat&#8221;.</p>
<p>A motive for the hijacking remains unclear, but Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades said it was &#8220;not something which has to do with terrorism&#8221;.</p>
<p>Some reports suggested the incident was related to the hijacker&#8217;s ex-wife, while others reported that he was asking for the release of political prisoners in Egypt.</p>
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