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.
The FBI is investigating a Minnesotan who faces federal terrorism charges to see if he was in contact with the couple involved in last week’s San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack before he turned himself in to Somali authorities. Mohamed Abdullahi “Miski” Hassan surrendered to the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency in Mogadishu a month ago, a U.S. State Department spokesman said. Any communication with California shooters Tashfeen Malik or Syed Rizwan Farook would have occurred before then.
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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