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.
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted referenced: "Più che parlare di post-Daesh, si evoca un nuovo Daesh con una riorganizzazione del movimento jihadista, tra il ridispiegamento di El e gli appelli di al-Qaida a colpire l’Occidente. Hans-Jakob Schindler, ex esperto delle Nazioni Unite e direttore del Counter Extremism Project, sottolinea la capacità dello Stato Islamico di proiettarsi nel Khorasan (EIK), il ramo afghano di Daesh..."
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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