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.
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler op-ed re-published: "Still, we should keep in mind these are the identical extremists who imposed one of many world’s strictest interpretations of Islamic jurisprudence for over half a decade. These are the lads who brutalised their very own inhabitants, forbade girls from even probably the most primary of freedoms and inflicted barbaric punishments on residents and within the final twenty years, based on common reviews by the United Nations, have been chargeable for the killing of 1000’s of Afghan civilians, from the identical inhabitants that they’re now meaning to rule."
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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