Islamic State Claims to Have Downed Russian Jet With Soda Can Bomb

On Wednesday, the photo – an image of a soft drink can presumably packed with explosives – appeared on “Dabiq”, the group’s online propaganda magazine.

ISIS claimed the original plan was to bring down a plane belonging to a nation of the American-led coalition.

Authorities have not determined whether the Russian jet bomb was smuggled onboard by a passenger or put on the plane by a terrorist sympathizer who had infiltrated the aviation industry at Sharm el-Sheikh worldwide Airport.

The Metrojet Airbus A321 took off from the Red Sea resort on October 31 but disintegrated over the Sinai desert 23 minutes into its flight to St Petersburg.

The two leaders made the call on Wednesday in a telephone conversation, a day after Moscow confirmed that a Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt was as a result of terrorist bomb attack.

US officials had said a bomb likely brought down the plane but reportedly have not been able to independently confirm the claim without access to the crash site. Egypt, anxious about the air disaster’s effect on its key tourism industry, has declined to say a bomb caused the crash and says an global investigation is still underway. It was not immediately possibly to verify the authenticity of the photos published in the magazine. However, the Egyptian government said it still has not found evidence of criminal action.

ISIS revealed in it’s newest issue of Dabiq, that the IED used to bring down the Russian plane merely comprised of a soda can and detonator.

Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, began launching airstrikes against opposition groups in Syria – including Islamic State – on September 30.

“FSB and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation are taking measures to detect the people involved in the crime”, he said, according to the TASS news agency.

But in a worrying message, the group said it only switched its target to Russian Federation following its decision to launch airstrikes in Syria and had been planning to target a member of the Western coalition.

“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”.