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.
Voice of America: Key al-Qaida Bomb-maker Believed Dead
Body
It appears coalition airstrikes may have caught up to a French foreign fighter who was peddling advanced bomb-making skills for an al-Qaida cell in Syria. A U.S. official speaking on the condition of anonymity told VOA the Khorasan Group’s David Drugeon likely was killed in early July, in what the official described as a package of airstrikes targeting him and other top Khorasan operatives.
Date
September 11, 2015
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