ISIS Releases Photo of Bomb It Used to Down Russian Passenger Jet

The photo showed a Schweppes Pineapple Gold soft drink can and two small devices with wires.

The ISIS magazine also claimed to show an image of the device used to bring down the aircraft.

Within hours after Moscow concluded that terrorists took down the jetliner, Putin launched massive strikes Tuesday on Raqqa, the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital in northern Syria.

Islamic State’s Egyptian branch, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attack the day it happened but Egyptian officials were quick to dismiss talk of a bomb as premature.

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”.

Butprganisation said it had changed its mind after it had infiltrated Sharm el-Sheikh worldwide Airport and had chose to target a Russian plane instead.

Putin has since offered a $50 million-reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 that took the lives of 224 people.

ISIS has released a photo to support its claim that a plane crash in Egypt on October 31 was brought down at the hands of the Islamic State.

Clive Williams, a professor at the Australian National University’s Centre for Military and Security Law and a member of the global Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, said the use of a soda can raised questions about whether the device was included in the catering supply.

It is feared the bomb was likely to have been smuggled on board by airport service personnel, such as cabin cleaners or workers delivering baggage and food.

That would fit with the plane being brought down shortly after taking off and the FSB has discovered a one-metre hole in a fragment of the plane’s fuselage.

It said it initially planned to bring down a plane from one of the countries participating in the U.S.-led coalition that has been striking it in Syria and Iraq.

The Egyptians heading the aviation investigation have resisted calling the disaster a terrorist attack, something that would deeply embarrass President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the former head of the armed forces, which has spent years trying to stamp out Egypt’s Islamist insurgency.

Russian Federation and France bombed IS targets in Syria Tuesday in retaliation for the attacks. A second photo published in the magazine also purported to show passports belonging to three Russian citizens who were killed in the plane crash.