Omar Mohammad Ali Rezaq
Biography
Omar Mohammad Ali Rezaq was prosecuted in the United States for the 1985 hijacking of EgyptAir Flight 648. The FBI reports taking him into custody in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 15, 1993 and bringing him to the United States. His federal trial began June 17, 1996; he was convicted of air piracy on July 19 and sentenced to life imprisonment on October 7, 1996. The October 22, 2026 BOP locator lists him as Omar Mohammed Rezaq, register 20267-016, at FCI Marion.
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Omar Mohammad Ali Rezaq was prosecuted in the United States for the 1985 hijacking of EgyptAir Flight 648. The FBI reports taking him into custody in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 15, 1993 and bringing him to the United States. His federal trial began June 17, 1996; he was convicted of air piracy on July 19 and sentenced to life imprisonment on October 7, 1996. The October 22, 2026 BOP locator lists him as Omar Mohammed Rezaq, register 20267-016, at FCI Marion.
This is the FBI’s contemporary prosecution account, not an independent finding about every allegation. A foreign arrest or transfer, an indictment, a jury verdict and sentencing are distinct events. No U.S. prison-admission day is inferred from the foreign arrest or court appearance. No release date is calculated from a sentence. Birth and death dates remain unverified; no race or religious identity is inferred. The BOP locator was checked October 22, 2026; no-result searches are not treated as proof of release or death.
FBI, Terrorism in the United States 1996; Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.
