The government has crowned the two Moroccan nationals who climbed down the back of a plane and escaped from the airport as Malta’s hide-and-seek champions.
The two fugitives, who have been named as Fouad el Sellah 26 and Mohamed Lazaar, were part of a group of five passengers on a flight from Istanbul to Marrakech that diverted to Malta after one of the men staged a medical emergency. While the latter was being treated, the other four escaped out of the back of the plane, with two being caught and the other two getting away.
After almost a week on the run, the two men have now been recognised for their evasion skills.
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