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How we bombed Russian plane –ISIS

Claims Norwegian, Chinese captives executed

THE Islamic State (ISIS) have revealed how it crashed the Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.
The group’s official maga­zine carried a photo yesterday of what it said was the im­provised bomb that brought down the Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.
ISIS said it had exploited a security loophole at Sharm al- Sheikh airport, where the Air­bus 321 originated, in order to smuggle a bomb on board.
According to the group, its initial plan was to bring down a plane belonging to a country participating in the U.S.-led coalition bombing it in Syria and Iraq but changed course after Moscow started its own airstrikes campaign in Syria.
“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.”
Islamic State also said it had originally planned to bring down a Western plane over Egypt’s Sinai but changed its target to a Russian one after Moscow launched airstrikes in Syria.
It said it had smuggled the bomb onto the Russian plane after finding a security loop­hole at Sharm al-Sheikh air­port.
The photo showed a can of Schweppes Gold soft drink and what appeared to be a detonator and switch on a blue background.
“The divided Crusaders of the East and West thought themselves safe in their jets as they cowardly bombarded the Muslims of the Caliph­ate,” Dabiq magazine said. “And so revenge was exacted upon those who felt safe in the cockpits.”
The group also published a photo of what it said were passports belonging to dead Russians “obtained by the mujahideen”. It was not im­mediately possibly to verify the authenticity of the photos published in the magazine.
Islamic State said in its magazine on Wednesday that it had killed a Chinese and a Norwegian captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men with a banner reading “executed.”
In its previous issue of Dabiq, it had said the two captives were “for sale.”
 

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