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 Spectator: The catalogue of failures that allowed Usman Khan to kill
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "The inquest into the murder of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt by Islamist terrorist Usman Khan has revealed a collision of arrogance, hubris, naïveté and incompetence from which the two graduates arguably paid with their lives."
Date
June 1, 2021
Daily Dose
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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