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Plane Passenger Invoked Sharia Law to Not Sit Next to Woman, Hit Stewardess: German Police

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A plane passenger "invoked Sharia law" to avoid sitting next to a woman, then hit a flight attendant, according to German police.

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A passenger on a Turkish Airlines flight covering the route between Turkey and the German city of Düsseldorf is investigated by the authorities after refusing to sit next to a woman, claiming sharia law, and allegedly for slapping a stewardess who attempted to intervene.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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A 29-year-old is said to have beaten a stewardess on a flight from Turkey to Düsseldorf because he did not want to sit next to a woman. According to the police, he was supposed to have appealed to the Sharia.

·Berlin, Germany
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The incident occurred on a Turkish Airlines flight from Turkey to Düsseldorf – The 29-year-old German of Turkish origin has reportedly confessed to the attack, according to Bild

·Marousi, Greece
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Bild broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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