The co-pilot's embrace of extreme Islamist views prompted Omani officials to scrutinize him, according to two people briefed on the investigation.
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The Omani national held meetings with unspecified religious figures as part of his radicalization, and, according to sources familiar with the matter, used to work for Oman Air and Air Maroc, but w ...
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