FILE - This photo released by the Prime
Minister's office shows the tail of a Metrojet plane that crashed in
Hassana, Egypt on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015.
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.
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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