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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Video purports to show bomber claiming Manchester attack
A pro-Islamic State social media account has published a video purporting to be show the Manchester bomber.
“This is only the beginning,” a masked man in front of an Islamic State flag says in the video, speaking in accented English. He adds “the lions of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are beginning to attack all of the crusaders.”
The man also holds up a piece of paper with the word Manchester and Monday’s date.
https://twitter.com/Behind__News/status/866913779283623936
It is not known if the video is real, but the Site Intel group says it is being circulated on pro-IS channels. Nobody has claimed the attack.
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