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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.
Daily Sabah: Troubled succession process awaits al-Qaida after Zawahiri killing
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"'He accepted major new players in the al-Qaida network,' Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Counter-Extremism Project and a former U.N. adviser was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse (AFP)."
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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