The terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is taking responsibility for the worst Russian airplane disaster in history.
In a video released Saturday, ISIS took credit for the death of all 220 passengers on board the Russian airplane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula.
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“Soldiers of the Caliphate were able to bring down a Russian plane above Sinai Province with at least 220 Russian Crusaders aboard. They were all killed, praise be to God. O Russians, you and your allies take not that you are not safe in Muslim lands or their skies,” a group claiming to speak for ISIS said in a statement. “The killing of dozens daily in Syria with bombs from your planes will bring woe to you. Just as you are killing others, you too will be killed, God willing.”
Russia has been bombing anti-government forces in Syria including ISIS, since September 30.
The government in Moscow has rejected ISIS claims. They said in a statement that the crash was due to mechanical error, and even the co-pilot’s wife said publicly that her husband was complaining about the airplane’s condition in the days leading up to the crash.
“We are in close touch with our colleagues from Egypt and their air traffic authorities, and they have nothing at the moment which could confirm such fabrications,” Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told the BBC.
#Egypt #ISIS Claim Responsibility for shot down the Russian Aircraft over Sinai #IS #ISIL pic.twitter.com/tBCRt7Xen1
— Abu Ibrahim Raqqawi (@raqqa_mcr) October 31, 2015
