Hostage Incident in Montego Bay Resolved

The hostage incident at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica involving a young man armed with a gun who forced his way through security check points and onto a CANJET chartered aircraft has been resolved, without any harm to the 159 passengers on board and the eight crew members.
At approximately 6:40 am (Monday, April 20) members of the Jamaica Defence Force Counter Terrorism Operations Group entered the cabin of the aircraft and effected a tactical resolution, authorised by the incident commander and, in the process, disarmed and arrested the gunman who has been identified as Stephen Fray of a Montego Bay address while rescuing the hostages on board.
The hijacker is in police custody and is scheduled to be interviewed while crew members are being debriefed and will be provided with counselling and medical services.
CONTACT: Director of CommunicationsJamaica Constabulary Force(876) 322-7666