Russia says it identified groups behind plane explosion in Sinai

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, says Russia identified groups behind the explosion of a Russian plane in Egypt.

The jihadist Islamic State group has said it smuggled a bomb onto the Russian jet on October 31, which blew up killing all 224 people on board.

File: Debris of the A321 Russian airliner lie on the ground a day after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015 (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
File: Debris of the A321 Russian airliner lie on the ground a day after the plane crashed in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, on November 1, 2015 (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

On November 17, Moscow said an investigation had found that the plane which took off from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh was brought down by a bomb on board, a view shared by aviation experts.

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