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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.
WTOP: The Hunt: Explaining a US terror strike in Syria
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"A drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in northwestern Syria killed a senior member of an al-Qaida-linked group. His name was Abu Hamza al-Yemeni.
On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, explains who he was."
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June 29, 2022
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