A passenger on a Germany-bound flight ‘invoked Sharia law’ to avoid sitting next to a woman, before slapping an air stewardess who confronted him, according to police.
The incident unfolded on a Turkish Airlines flight from Turkey to Dusseldorf and a police investigation is ongoing, German newspaper Bild reports.
According to police, the suspect, a 29-year-old German national with a Turkish background, refused to sit next to a woman, citing Sharia law – the religious and moral code of Islam.
When an aircraft employee tried to speak to the man, he then slapped the air stewardess in the face, it is claimed.
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