Arrested Saudi teen indicted for singing in praise of Bin Laden on US flight

Washington, Feb.23 (ANI): Police in Portland, Oregon, have accused a 19-year-old Saudi Arabian of singing about Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston.

Nineteen-year-old Yazeed Mohammed A Abunayyan was indicted on Wednesday on charges of interfering with a aircraft crew. He was arrested at Portland International Airport after his Continental flight turned around and landed following the incident, News24 reports.

The indictment said Abunayyan was told to stop smoking an electronic cigarette, but he refused. He was also accused of yelling profanities and swinging his fist at the flight attendant, and also hitting or attempting to hit several passengers.

Abunayyan also spoke or sung about his hatred of women, the indictment said.

Asked whether the FBI considered Abunayyan a terrorism threat, spokesperson Beth Anne Steele said the indictment was on interfering charges, not terrorism.(ANI)