Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, AQAP Official, January 2015

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Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi
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“If he is capable to wage individual jihad in the Western countries that fight Islam... then that is better and more harmful… We have made efforts in external work, and the enemy knows the danger of that... We are preparing and lurking for the enemies of Allah. We incite the believers to do that.”“Yemen's Al Qaeda Renews Calls for Lone-Wolf Attacks in West,” Reuters, January 21, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/21/us-yemen-qaeda-idUSKBN0KU0CG20150121.

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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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