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.
Speakers:
Gabriele Scheel
Head of Division “International Cooperation against Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Corruption”, Federal Foreign Office of Germany
Kacper Rekawek, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) at the University of Oslo
Jakub Woroncow, PhD
Researcher, Institute of Social Safety (IBS), Poland
Ruslan Trad
Journalist, co-founder of De Re Militari Journal and member of the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria
Jan Bartosek
Security Policy Department, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
Gilles de Kerchove
Former E.U. Counter-Terrorism Coordinator and CEP advisory board member
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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