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.
"According to a report by the Counter Extremism Project, Choudary would be linked to 300 British volunteers who had gone to fight in Syria in Da'esh and formed "110 jihadists linked to IS or Al Qaeda". The "violent extremists" (a term of force across the Channel to refer to jihadists) linked to Choudary include the perpetrators of the London Bridge attack (June 2017) Rachid Redouane and Khuram Shazad Butt. Recently, British police have identified 600 members of its Al-Muhajiroun group in the country, but none are prosecuted."
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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