American man stabs 2 passengers and pilots before he was mortally shot while we take a small plane in Belize

Authorities at Philip SW Goldson International Airport (PVIA) they were alerted with an American man who took a small Flights in Belize Thursday.

The man stabbed two passengers and pilots, before one of the stabbing passengers fathally shot him, according to officials in Belize and the United States. The passenger had a license to carry a firearm and later turned the weapon into the police.

“We pray for him,” Chester Williams, Belize CommissionerHe told reporters. “He is our hero.”

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View of Philip SW Goldson International Airport in Belize, filmed 17. April 2025. Years. (Jose A. Sanchez / AFP via Getty Images)

Williams has been identified rascal As Akinyel Taylor said that the American soldier was veteran, the report said to the associated journalists. U.S. officials could not confirm the statement of the Belize Commissioner that Taylor was a military veteran.

Air Flight Cessna Wagon V3hig from Corozala to San Pedra had 14 passengers and 2 crew members, statement from PGIA.

Fully urgently published immediately after the incident started, and the aircraft circulated in random directions for approximately two hours until it was finally left on the PVIA, in accordance with the concession statement of Belize.

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The row of tourists on Tropical Air at the International Airport in Belize Goldson in Belize in Belize 17. April 2025. Years. (Jose A. Sanchez / AFP via Getty Images)

The American State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce told the briefing of news in Washington that officials still collect information about what happened.

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“Scary,” she said. “We are grateful, I think we are all, not to turn into a mass accident in an accident, I believe, over a dozen people on the plane. We know a few details. We don’t know much more.” We don’t know much more. ”

American officials said they didn’t know the motive for Taylor’s abduction, but they work with Belizhin to the authorities to determine what happened.

The associated press contributed to this report.