Greek police say they released 65-year-old man mistakenly believed to be suspect in 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847.
A Lebanese man who was arrested in Greece in connection with a plane 1985 hijacking incident has been released after police admitted it was a case of mistaken identity.
The 65-year-old is scheduled to return to his country on Tuesday after the police said no charges were filed following his arrest on September 19.
Wanted by the German authorities, the man was arrested on the Aegean Sea island of Syros, the police said in a statement.
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During a passport check on the island of Mykonos, the name on his passport came up on a European police computer system as that of a man wanted by Germany for the hijacking of TWA Flight 847, in which an American was killed, and an abduction two years later.
However, other than a name there was no further proof of identification from German authorities, the police added in its statement.
The Lebanese national was set to be transferred to a high-security prison in Athens for extradition proceedings.
But police said German authorities were unable to identify the suspect and said on Monday afternoon that they would not be seeking his extradition because he was not the man they were seeking.
