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Reportedly, a Libyan aircraft with 118 people on board has been hijacked and diverted to Malta by two men claiming to have hand grenades.

Another report stated that, one of the hijackers told the crew that he was “pro-Gaddafi” and that he was willing to let all 111 passengers leave the Airbus A320, but not its 7 crew, if his demands were met. But there is no clarity on what the demands were.

The factional violence has been racked in the country since, the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed in an uprising in 2011.

Prime Minister Muscat also tweeted that the passengers on board the plane included 82 men, 28 women and one infant.

“The pilot reported to the control tower in Tripoli that they were being hijacked, then they lost communication with him. The pilot tried very hard to have them land at the correct destination, but they refused”, the official told a news agency, on the condition of anonymity.