members of the DSS, who flew him to the U.S. Rezaq's arrest was the result of an agreement between the governments of the United States and Nigeria. When Rezaq arrived at the airport, Nigerian officials denied him entry since he did not have a passport, something they knew beforehand, and placed him on the first aircraft departing Nigeria, a Gulfstream IV leased by the U.S. government. FBI agents arrested him, fingerprinted him, and flew back to the U.S. On 19 July 1996, after a month-long trial in Washington, D.C., Rezaq was sentenced to life in prison on a single count of air piracy. Although air piracy resulting in death is a capital offense under federal law, Attorney General Janet Reno had declined to seek the death penalty. U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth recommended that any request for parole made after the 10-year period should be rejected. An appeal was rejected on 6 February 1998. Omar Mohmamed Rezaq, register number 20267-016, is imprisoned at the United States Penitentiary, Marion, located in Southern Precinct, Williamson County, Illinois. References Further reading Mizzi, John A. (1989). Massacre in Malta : The Hijack of Egyptair MS 648 , 72 p:ill. J.A. Mizzi - Valletta : Technografica, 1989. DDC : 364.162 Johnston, David. (1996, October 7). U.S. Sentencing Due Today in 1985 Hijack. The New York Times. link 1950s births Living people 20th-century criminals Date of birth missing (living people) Hijackers Palestinian mass murderers Palestinian people convicted of murder Palestinian people imprisoned abroad Palestinian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment People imprisoned on charges of terrorism Place of birth missing (living people) Prisoners and detainees of Malta Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United States federal government People convicted of murder by the United States federal government Inmates of ADX Florence