Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi, January 2015

Date
Jan. 2015
Name of Author
Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi
Body

“As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we...claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of God.” “Al-Qaeda Claims French Attack, Derides Paris Rally,” Sami Aboudi, Reuters, January 14, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-france-shooting-aqap-idUSKBN0KN0VO20150114.

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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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