Airline passenger, 29, ‘invokes Sharia law’ to avoid sitting next to a woman before ‘punching stewardess in the face’

NewsWorld News A FLIGHT passenger allegedly invoked “Sharia law” to avoid sitting next to a woman before punching a stewardess in the face, police claim. The suspect, a 29-year-old German national, hit the female on a Turkish Airlines flight in front of horrified bystanders, it is alleged. The alleged ordeal took place on a Turkish Airlines flight Credit: Alamy Police rushed to Dusseldorf Airport to confront the suspect Credit: Louis Wood – The Sun The jet was en route to Dusseldorf from Turkey when the alleged slap took place. The man had refused to sit next to the woman because of Sharia law, Islam‘s religious code, according to Bild. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! A crew member is said to have tried to speak to the suspect, before he allegedly slapped her in the face, the report claims. German police rushed to the aircraft after it landed at Dusseldorf Airport on June 1. Local cops are still probing the alleged ordeal. The suspect is said to have admitted to the assault, according to Bild. Sharia law is the foundational system of religious and moral law in Islam. It is used as a guide for all parts of a Muslim’s daily life. Most read in The Sun The alleged ordeal comes after a separate Turkish Airlines flight with 267 passengers on board crashed into a radar at an airport – destroying its wing and leaving a hole in the jet’s side. The Boeing 777 struck a metal structure in Antalya – as oxygen masks came down and overhead compartments flew open. One person was left injured following the collision in June which took place as the plane was taxiing. Shocking footage showed the jet’s wing torn apart following the terrifying impact. It also comes after a packed passenger plane caught fire as it landed in May – forcing a mass evacuation of nearly 300 people on board and an airport shutdown. The Turkish Airlines flight, heading from Istanbul to Kathmandu, was set ablaze after a spark went off in the jet’s landing gear, authorities said. 7 comments7