Panic prevailed on a flight on the other side of the Atlantic, as a passenger attacked to an unknown man with the aim of murdering him, while making weapons stroke and pen.
The incident took place in the US in Alaska Airlines plane who was traveling from Seattle to Las Vegas, with the FBI taking over the case, according to New York Post.
The accused Julio Alvarez Lopez it was particularly stressed during the flight and continuously “he was taking off and putting on his gloves“, based on the official documents, while go to the toilet often and stayed for a long time.
So after a visit to the toilet, attacked a man sitting on the side of the aisle. Then, he took out of his pocket a makeshift knife made of pencils and pens that he attached with rubber bands and started stabbing the man, while hitting him all over the body.
THE wife of the unknown man started screaming and tried to protect their 7-year-old child, which was in front. But Julio Alvarez Lopez, grabbed the woman by the hair and started punching her in the facewhile the rest of the passengers tried to separate them.
After all, he was immobilized by the crew and was arrested as soon as the plane landed. The defendant asked to speak to the FBI and claimed to have mistaken the man for a mobster. “I think the mafia is after me, but I don't know why. I saw him on the plane and thought he was a mobster. I quickly made the gun and attacked him,” he reportedly told US authorities.
His trial is expected to take place in March, while his claim is being examined, as well as whether he faces a mental health problem.
Source: News Beast
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