A fresh video of Hamam Al-Hammami, the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 who stabbed Indian pilot Smit Machchhar mid-air, from inside the aircraft has surfaced, showing him sitting on his knees and hands tied behind his back. In the video shared by an Israeli media outlet, some passengers could be heard repeatedly yelling 'just police' and 'only police'.

The 45-second video shared by i24NEWS shows him in blood-stained clothes. One of the passengers, out of the camera view, could be heard saying, "One hour, 40 minutes. More five minutes." Apparently, the call was to wait for a bit more after the passengers had held Hammami for so long.

The video came after some Israeli passengers alleged that the flight crew argued with them to get Hammami free after they caught hold of him during the assault and tied him up.

Speaking to The New York Post, two passengers who helped restrain him said that the crew asked them to untie the 'terrorist ', but they refused to hand him over to the police.

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"They were saying to free the terrorist - we got instantly suspicious of them," said real estate professional Daniel Schlichter. Daniel was sitting in the second row, close to the cockpit. The other passenger, Tzvika Manes, a banking executive, said, "They were asking us to untie the terrorist - we had no idea why."

Hammami's two-year Australia stay under security lens

Meanwhile, scrutiny over Hammami's past has intensified. His two-year stay in Australia on a student visa has come under the scanner. According to a report by The Guardian, Hammami was granted a student visa in 2014 to start a university course.

However, he left the country in 2017, and his visa was cancelled in 2019 after authorities confirmed he was no longer enrolled in the course.

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The report stated that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and other agencies were investigating the co-pilot’s connections to the country.

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