Islamic State Group Says Bomb Downed Russian Plane

China’s President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that such groups are the “common enemy of mankind”. The report cited anonymous sources and could not immediately be verified.

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

Russians hold a day of mourning for the 224 victims of the plane crash, as emergency crews recover more bodies from the wreckage.

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

The downed aircraft, an Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet, had been carrying Russian holidaymakers from the Egyptian resort to St Petersburg when it broke up over Sinai.

Russian Federation suspended all flights with Egypt on November 6 after statements by Western leaders, including President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, that a bomb smuggled on board was a likely cause of the plane crash.

Egypt says a team probing the disaster has yet to find the cause.

However, Clive Williams, a professor at the Australian National University’s Centre for Military and Security Law and a member of the worldwide 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. The detonator would be placed through the hole, he said. In an article quickly published and headlined “Just Terror”, ISIS officials tout their Paris operation as having been carried out by “8 men with assault rifles and explosive belts”.

The group did not say how Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad, 48, from Oslo, and Fan Jinghui, 50, from Beijing, were captured.

The Associated Press said the magazine also announced the execution of a Norwegian and a Chinese captive who had been “abandoned by kafir (infidel) nations and organizations”. However, the last post on Grimsgaard-Ofstad’s Facebook page, dated January 24, said he had arrived in Idlib, Syria, on his way to Hama.

Experts added that the photo could also provide a key clue in tracking Islamic State as the detonator pictured was a commercial one, which could be traced back to its manufacturer.

She said Norway did not intend to pay a ransom for his release. “This will remain with us forever”, Putin stated.

The Norwegian foreign ministry declined to comment on the claim.

And in an image on the final page of the magazine, ISIS claims to have executed a Chinese and a Norwegian captive. “Terrorists are the common enemy of humankind”.