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...throughout the 17-day ordeal of Flight 847. Hammadi admitted in early August that he was one of the plane's two armed hijackers. Testrake not only confirmed this but also presented the most direct evidence so far that Hammadi committed the onboard murder of U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem, whose body was dumped onto the Beirut airport tarmac...
...other hijacker over refueling the aircraft. Prosecutors have identified him as Hassan Izz-al-Din, a Lebanese who remains at large. "The hijacker began screaming into the radio," said Testrake. "He turned to his accomplice and screamed ((in Arabic)) what sounded like an order." According to Testrake, Hammadi pulled Stethem, who had been bound and beaten unconscious, to his feet and out of Testrake's view. "I heard a single pistol shot, and then the other hijacker screamed at me to tell the tower that one passenger had been shot...
...Algiers a few hours later. "Hammadi pointed to the door and the blood((stains)) running from the sill," said Zimmermann. "He made gestures to the pistol and himself . . . indicating that he was proud of his gun and himself for causing this." Hammadi repeated his denials that he had killed Stethem...
...Hammadi rose to his feet last week to read a statement that startled spectators in the Frankfurt courtroom. The Lebanese terrorist confessed to participating in the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner to Beirut but denied that he murdered one of the plane's passengers, U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem. "I pleaded against the killing," claimed Hammadi, who said his partner had shot Stethem...
Facing Hammadi last week were the slain man's parents, Richard and Patricia Stethem, who appeared as co-plaintiffs for themselves and six passengers. The couple's lawyer, Rainer Hamm, stressed that though the process was taking place in the "wrong country" -- West Germany rather than the U.S. -- their presence in court was a "symbol of trust . . . toward the West German justice system." Hammadi entered no plea. His trial is expected to last at least a year...