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A 10-year-old boy managed bypass up to seven security checkpoints at the international airport in the Iraqi city. Najaf and sneak into a plane to beg passengers, security and airport sources reported this Wednesday.
“A 10-year-old boy managed He got around seven security barriers inside the airport and arrived at the airport. He went to the plane, where he was stopped by security personnel,” he said. the director of the airport, Hekmat Ahmed, in a statement.
For his part, a Najaf police colonel who anonymity explained told Efe that the incident occurred on Tuesday morning and, when it was finally intercepted, the minor that he did not have a ticket and that he only wanted to ask the passengers for money.
The child was handed over to the airport security forces and all passengers were forced to leave the plane to re-check all their documentation and make sure there were no more petitions in the plane. he added The informant.
According to him, the airport authorities, the second largest in Iraq after Baghdad, opened an investigation to identify and punish those responsible for the security breach.
For his part, the airport director assured that that the child did not represent any kind of danger, because he was subjected to all the security controls, but that he was able to go through them due to his age and because he was passing with the travelers as if he were one of them .
“There is a committee of investigation that is working to find out how it happened. everything, and depending on the results, those responsible for this incident are going to be sanctioned, fired or transferred,” he said. the airport in its statement.
“New procedures will also be implemented to increase airport security,” the note.