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.
Speaking on Wednesday (18 November) in the margins of a Brussels policy briefing organized by the Counter Extremism Project Europe (CEP Europe), Nasser Weddady was highly critical of past efforts to combat Islamic terrorism which has claimed scores of innocent lives in the last few months, most recently in Paris last Friday (13 November).
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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