Plane Terror

From the BBC:

"Russia plane crash: 'Terror act' downed A321 over Egypt's Sinai"

 

 

 

Russia's security chief says an act of terror brought down the Russian A321 airliner in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. Traces of foreign explosives" were found on debris from the Airbus plane, FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov told Russian President Vladimir Putin.  Mr Putin vowed to "find and punish" those behind the attack over the Sinai peninsula. A branch of so-called Islamic State said it downed the plane. Nearly all the dead were Russians. Mr Bortnikov said a bomb had been planted on board the Metrojet plane, equivalent to up to 1kg of TNT. The Kremlin website carried a transcript of the meeting.  The bomb shattered the plane mid-air on 31 October, he said, "which explains the wide dispersal of fuselage pieces". Mr Putin said that Russia must hunt those responsible "indefinitely, find out who the individuals were". "We'll look for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding. We'll find them in any corner of the planet and punish them."  Russia has offered a $50m (£33m) reward for information on the Sinai plane attackers. Sinai Province, a branch of Islamic State (IS), said in a statement on 31 October that it had destroyed the plane because of Russian air strikes in Syria. Mr Putin said that Russia's air strikes in Syria "must not only be continued - they must be intensified so that the criminals understand that retribution is inevitable". Russian warplanes are supporting Syrian government forces against various rebel groups, including IS and other Islamists. Russia's military commanders were also at the meeting with Mr Putin and the Federal Security Service (FSB) chief. Mr Putin was speaking after separate meetings at the G20 summit in Turkey, with US President Barack Obama on Sunday, and UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday.  The Syrian conflict was the focus of their talks. Mr Cameron pressed Mr Putin to direct air strikes against IS, and not at moderate rebel groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad's troops.

 

 

Bloodiest attacks in 2015 linked to 'Islamic State'

 

13 Nov - Paris, France Gunmen and suicide bombers kill at least 129 people.
12 Nov - Beirut, Lebanon Suicide bombers kill at least 43 people.
31 Oct - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Plane crashes killing all 224 on board. Russia says a bomb caused the crash and an IS affiliate says it was responsible.
10 Oct - Ankara, Turkey Suicide bombers kill 102 people at peace rally. Turkey blames IS, but no group claims the attack.
18 Jul - Khan Bani Saad, Iraq Car bomb kills 120 people.
26 Jun - Sousse, Tunisia Gunman kills 38 people, mostly British tourists.
26 Jun - Kuwait City, Kuwait Suicide attack kills at least 27 people.
22 May - Qatif, Saudi Arabia Two suicide bombs kill at least 21 people.
21 Mar - Sanaa, Yemen Suicide bombings kill at least 137 people.
18 Mar - Tunis, Tunisia Gunmen kill 19 people, mostly foreign tourists.

 

 

^ It always takes some kind of violence against innocent people (in this case Russians) for countries to stop complaining with each other and to work together to get the terrorists. That is a sad fact. ^

 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34840943