ISIS Releases Picture Of Bomb It Says Downed Russian Plane

A photo of the alleged bomb was featured in ISIS’ official magazine Dabiq, with a message, “Exclusive – Image of the IED [improvised explosive device] used to bring down the Russian airliner”.

The English-language Dabiq magazine of the jhihadist organization published a photo of a Schweppes soft drink can and “what appeared to be a detonator and switch”, the newswire said.

The magazine, which celebrates the recent attacks in Paris, was circulated on social media and also included photos of passports purportedly belonging to Russian passengers killed in the bombing.

It also claimed that “after resolving to bring down a plane belonging to a nation in the American-led Western coalition against Isis, the target was changed to a Russian plane”.

The Islamic State’s Sinai affiliate asserted responsibility for the downing of the jet on October 31; 224 people were killed.

Bob Ayers, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer and an worldwide security analyst, said it would be “easy” to bring down a commercial airliner with a device hidden inside a soda can like the one the Islamic State says it used against the Metrojet flight.

The magazine said: “On 30 September 2015, after years of supporting the Nusayrī tāghūt in the war against the Muslims of Shām, Russian Federation chose to participate directly with its own air force in the war”.

“Communications between the pilot and the tower were very normal – no distress signals occurred”, Egyptian transportation minister Hossam Kamal said in a press conference following the incident, according to the NY Times. They claimed that the explosives were smuggled inside taking advantage of the security in the Sharm el-Sheikh worldwide Airport.

Egypt says Sissi told Putin he understood the Russian people’s pain over the disaster, but made no mention of a bombing. Most of those onboard were Russian tourists.

He said: “But that means it would have to have been triggered by a live person and the bomb was in the hold”.

“On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down those responsible for blowing up the plane and offered a $50 million reward for information leading to those responsible”.

No United Kingdom airlines are now operating from Sharm el-Sheikh and outbound flights have been cancelled until at least the end of the month.