Fact:
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.
Op-Ed the European Union's Hezbollah policy, by Radek Skiorski, CEP Advisory Board Member and Former Foreign Minister of Poland; Lucinda Creighton, CEP Senior Advisor and Former Irish Minister for European Affairs; and Hans-Jakob Schindler, CEP Senior Director and former Coordinator ISIL, Al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
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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