A former boxing champion was praised as a hero after he signed up to take the place of a terrified young woman who was held in the Knifepoint during a dramatic hostage situation at the airport – before he displays the attacker with his bare hands.
Shocking images conquered the frightening impasse on Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan, where a knife-waving maniak seized a 21-year-old female security officer, jerking her up at the hair and threatened to blow up the airport with a bomb he claimed that he could explode through his phone.
As Botagoz Mukhtarova panicked, the brave father of five, Musa Abdraim, 52, stepped forward and offered to exchange place-a movement that may have saved her life.
The test unfolded when the 67-year-old attacker suddenly brought out a knife after being asked to show his ID at the security control point.
Guardians and the police watched horror while he grabbed the female officer and waved the knife dangerously close to her face while he was grating about exploding a bomb.
“The attacker had a knife and a phone,” said Abdraim. “He told the police officers that he would press a button on the phone and blow everything up.”
It was then that Abdraim, dressed in a normal brown t-shirt, made his move.
While the airport was silent, Abdraim waited for the perfect moment – then he jumped to the attacker and grabbed the knife with his bare hands in an amazing show of courage.
A 67-year-old knives took security officer Botagoz Mukhtarova, 21, hostage at Almaty Airport, Kazakhstan, threatening to blow it up
As in Panic Botagoz Mukhtarova shouted, the courageous Five Father, Musa Abdraim, 52, stepped forward and offered to trade with her
It is remarkable that the blades agreed – release the terrified woman and instead seize the ex -boxer
Abdraim then jumped to the attacker and grabbed the knife with his bare hands in an amazing show of courage
A battle followed when he fought to overpower the attacker before police officers and airport protection rose, so that the man was finally attached to the ground.
“I came to the airport to abandon my relatives,” said the hero.
“Suddenly I heard a girl screaming and ran there right away. I saw that he would stab her.
“I said to him,” Take me hostage instead of her. “
It is remarkable that the blades agreed – release the terrified woman and instead seize the ex -boxer.
Afterwards, a shaken but composed Abdraim said: “I was really afraid that he would put her.”
Initially he tried to reason with the man.
Abdraim instinctively traded by grabbing the knife, he said, and was still 'shocked'.
A battle followed when he fought to overpower the attacker before police officers and airport protection finally pierced the man on the ground
Abdraim succeeded in successfully disarming the man and greeted a hero
The authorities of Kazakh later confirmed that the suspect, a 67-year-old resident of Almaty, was held and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the attack
He added: “In the past I did boxing, martial arts, Thais boxing, kickboxing … but that was a long time ago.”
Kazakh authorities later confirmed that the suspect, a 67-year-old resident of Almaty, had been held and was confronted for the attack for up to 12 years in prison.
A police statement said: 'Officers on Almaty Airport held a man who, after having passed the inspection area, grabbed an inspector at the hair and threatened her with a kitchen knife.
“Police officers, with the help of the airport security and a hero burger, disarmed the perpetrator and took him in custody.”
Abdraim's extraordinary courage is now recognized at the highest level, with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announcing that he will receive a state medal for courage.
