Carnival Cruise Passenger Arrested After Bomb Hoax

March 29, 2010 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports a cruise ship passenger was arrested after a bomb hoax onboard the Carnival Sensation.

The incident that held up the Carnival Sensation when it arrived at Port Canaveral was due to the authorities responding to a bomb threat that some consider a bomb hoax. Virginia resident Ibrahim Khalil Zarou age 31 of Leesburg was allegedly overheard by another passenger making a bomb threat on the three day Bahamas cruise. According to reports the passenger heard Zarou state “We are jihad, come to the top deck and watch the bomb that is going to blow.”

According to reports the FBI, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Brevard County Sheriffs deputy’s boarded the docked cruise ship at approximately 9:30 am, which was between 5 and 6 hours after the incident occurred.

According to an FBI agent there was no criminal conduct and they believe the incident was a mis-communication between passengers.

Other passengers on the ship stated that Zarou was extremely intoxicated and that this is not unusual for a passenger in the early morning hours to be intoxicated on what is termed the Carnival fun ship. It was not released if the other passengers were also intoxicated at the time the incident took place.