Is This the IED Used to Down Russian Jet Over
Egypt?
ISIS magazine releases picture of crude device that they claim was
used as bomb which killed 224 people
By Corey Charlton
- ISIS has
released a picture purporting to show device used to down plane
-
The image is published in the latest edition
of its magazine called 'Daqib'
- ISIS
also claim to have executed their Chinese and Norwegian hostages
- The
bomb is believed to have been in the jet's cabin, not the cargo
hold
A photograph purporting
to show the crude bomb used to down a Russian airliner last month
has been published in the latest edition of ISIS's propaganda
magazine.
Published in the
monthly magazine 'Dabiq', the image of a soft drink can and
detonator is captioned: 'EXCLUSIVE - Image of the IED used to being
down the Russian airliner'.
It comes just a day
after Russia finally acknowledged the passenger jet was downed by a
bomb over the Sinai desert, killing 224 people.
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Pictured is the image published in the
ISIS magazine purported to be of the IED used to destroy the jet.
It is not clear if the
bomb pictured is of the exact explosive used in the downing of the
plane, nor has its authenticity been verified.
The magazine stated the
bombing was in response to Russia's 'rash decision of arrogance' to
begin airstrikes on rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad.
'And
so, after having discovered a way to compromise the security at the Sharm
el-Sheikh International Airport and resolving to bring down a plane belonging to
a nation in the American-led Western coalition against the Islamic State, the
target was changed to a Russian plane.
'A bomb was
smuggled onto the airplane leading to the deaths of 219 Russians and 5 other
crusaders only a month after Russia’s thoughtless decision.'
Meanwhile, today it emerged the
bomb that downed the plane had been placed in the aircraft's main cabin not in
the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant said today
citing an unnamed source.
The newspaper, citing a source
close to the investigation of the crash, said the epicentre of the explosion
appeared to have been at the rear of the cabin near the tail section.
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