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             Russia Says Terrorist Act Brought Down Plane in Sinai

   by VOA News

   The head of Russia's security service said Tuesday that last month's
   deadly plane crash in Egypt's Sinai region was a terrorist act and that
   explosives were found on both the wreckage and luggage from the
   aircraft.

   According to the Kremlin, Federal Security Service (FSB) chief
   Alexander Bortnikov said the blast came from an improvised explosive
   device made with up to 1.5 kilograms of TNT.

   Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to find and punish whoever was
   responsible and called on the country's partners to help identify the
   culprits.

   The Metrojet A-321 flight from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
   to St. Petersburg on October 31 when it crashed in the northern part of
   the Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

   Militants claiming links to the Islamic State group said they carried
   out the attack, and a number of foreign governments have expressed
   their belief that it involved an explosive device.
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