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.
Facebook Inc., the world's largest social media network, is more aggressively monitoring material on its site relating to terrorism. Mark Wallace of the Counter Extremism Project, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told The Wall Street Journal that Facebook is "the social-media company that's on the greatest trajectory to be a solution to the problem."
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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