ISIS claims soda can bomb downed Russian plane
Islamic militants on Wednesday released a photo they claimed was a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet last month.
{mosads}The photo shows a Schweppes Gold soda can, labeled as an improvised explosive device, next to what appears to be a detonator.
The image was published in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) English-language magazine Dabiq.
Russian officials said Tuesday that a bomb with up to 2.2 pounds of TNT brought down the jet Oct. 31, describing it as “definitely” a terrorist act.
U.S. and British officials have strongly suggested that it was a bomb that brought down the plane, killing all 224 people on board.
ISIS had previously claimed responsibility for downing the plane.
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