Athens, Greece (CNN) A 65-year-old Lebanese man arrested recently in Greece in connection with the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847, in which a US Navy diver was killed, was released after police said it was a case of mistaken identity.

Among other issues, the age of the person arrested on the island of Mykonos didn't match that of the terrorism suspect, a US official told CNN. A Greek police report confirmed the release.

The man, named by Lebanon's foreign ministry as Mohammad Saleh, was stopped September 19 during a routine security check when his description matched those on a German warrant, Greek police told CNN. German authorities were looking for a suspect in a 1987 kidnapping.

"The suspect denies any involvement in the hijacking," police spokesman Theodoros Chronopoulos told CNN after the arrest.

He was released September 23. German authorities said they will not be asking for his extradition.

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