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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.
Agence France-Presse: Al-Qaeda faces succession quandary after Zawahiri killing
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"'He accepted major new players in the Al-Qaeda network,' said Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the NGO Counter-Extremism Project and a former UN advisor.
'So it is a blow to Al-Qaeda,' he said. But 'it's not going to stop anything' planned by Al-Qaeda affiliates."
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