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.
"'We are losing (Islamists) detainees' in Syrian camps ... Thursday, one of the participants of the conference organized by the Center for the analysis of terrorism, chaired by Jean-Charles Brisard, and the think-tank American Counter Extremism Project (CEP) was sounding the alarm. The current situation in the Syrian-Iraqi zonemakes burning the theme 'What threats and what stakes after the fall of the caliphate?' of a conference where were invited especially Julian King, European Commissioner for Security, Gilles de Kerchove, European coordinator of the fight against terrorism and Amin Boutaghane, Head of the Counter-Terrorism Coordination Unit (UCLAT). An opportunity to emphasize that the factors that created Islamist terrorism remain."
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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