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.
In the spring of 1995, 20-year-old Brandeis University student Alisa Flatow, who was studying at a women’s seminary in Israel, boarded a bus bound for the beach. She never reached her destination. A suicide bomber from Iranian-sponsored Palestinian Islamic Jihad drove up next to the bus and blew up his explosives-packed van.
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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