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.
Express: Counter-terror expert urges media to stop ‘celebrisiting’ British ISIS volunteers
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"However Liam Duffy, a strategic advisor to the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), argued we must focus on the victims of ISIS like the Yazidi community.
The Yazidis, a small religious group concentrated in Iraq who practice a pre-Islamic faith, were brutally oppressed when the Sinjar region fell to ISIS in 2014."
Date
May 9, 2021
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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