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.
FBI Director James Comey today confirmed that the probe into the massacre in San Bernardino is now “a federal terrorism investigation” as a result of evidence that the killers were “radicalized” and “potentially inspired” by foreign terrorist organizations.
In yet another message, a known ISIS tweeter by the name of Jazrawi Daesh announced on Twitter “the martyrdom” of Farouk and Malik “after completing mission,” according to the Counter Extremism Project, a group that monitors IS on social media, which provided a copy of the message to Yahoo News. Shortly after that message, Daesh’s Twitter account was suspended.
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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