Abu Abdul Ilah Ahmed, Head of AQIM Media, April 15, 2013

Name of Author
Abu Abdul Ilah Ahmed
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“[W]e support and call all the Muslims to target France and its interests and subjects inside and outside France until it withdraws the last soldier the land of the Muslims and lift its support of rulers of the region who oppress their people and its support to the Zionist entity who occupies Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa one of the greatest sanctities of Islam.”Casey Britton, “AQIM: Answers to Open Meeting with Sheikh Abu Abdul Ilah Ahmad,” WorldAnalysis.net, April 19, 2013, http://worldanalysis.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2197.

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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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