Stolen jet passport \\\'no terror link\\\'
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
A man travelling on a stolen passport on a missing Malaysian jet was a young Iranian who is not believed to have terrorist links, Malaysian police say. They say the 19-year-old - named as Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad - was probably migrating to Germany. Investigations are continuing into a second man using stolen documents. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on Saturday, after taking off with 239 on board. The search has been widened. Group shot Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad is second from the left. The young man on the far right is believed to have travelled with him on the missing plane. Experts have said the presence of two people with stolen passports on a plane was a breach of security, but is relatively common in a region regarded as a hub for illegal migration. Malaysia's police chief Inspector Gen Khalid Abu Bakar said the young Iranian was "not likely to be a member of a terrorist group", adding that the authorities were in contact with his mother in Germany, who had been expecting her son to arrive in Frankfurt, according to BBC.