Melbourne Islamic leader linked to suspected Flydubai hijacker condemns 'false accusations'

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Melbourne Islamic community leader Abu Hamza rejected allegations linking his community centre to the suspect in an attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound passenger jet. Emirati prosecutors said the Omani co-pilot had been radicalised while studying in Australia, but neither Hamza nor the centre has been accused of a crime.

Abu Hamza, whose Melbourne-based Islamic community centre was linked by Emirati prosecutors to the suspect in the attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound passenger jet, publicly dismissed "false accusations" against him on Monday. While prosecutors alleged that the Omani co-pilot first became radicalised while studying in Australia, neither the community centre nor Hamza are accused of any criminal wrongdoing.