ISIS: 'The drink-can bomb we used to bring down Russian plane'

Published in the monthly magazine 'Dabiq', the image of a soft drink can and detonator is captioned: 'EXCLUSIVE - Image of the IED used to being down the Russian airliner'.

It comes just a day after Russia finally acknowledged the passenger jet was downed by a bomb over the Sinai desert, killing 224 people.

The latest edition of the jihadi magazine also revealed ISIS was planning to strike a jet belonging to a member of the US-led bombing coalition - before switching its focus to Russia at the last minute.

It is not clear if the bomb pictured is of the exact explosive used in the downing of the plane, nor has its authenticity been verified. 

The magazine stated the bombing was in response to Russia's 'rash decision of arrogance' to begin airstrikes on rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad.

'After having discovered a way to compromise the security at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport and resolving to bring down a plane belonging to a nation in the American-led Western coalition against the Islamic State, the target was changed to a Russian plane.

'A bomb was smuggled onto the airplane leading to the deaths of 219 Russians and 5 other crusaders only a month after Russia’s thoughtless decision.

'This was to show the Russians and whoever allies with them that they will have no safety in the lands and airspace of the Muslims, that their daily killing of dozens in Sham through their airstrikes will only bring them calamities, and that just as they kill, they will be killed, by Allah’s permission.'

Magazine authors also alluded to the killings in Paris on Friday, stating the attacks 'shook the world and reminded the nations of kufr that the Islamic State will continue to stand firm in the face of their transgressions'.

It added ISIS would 'retaliate with fire and bloodshed in revenge for the honor of the Prophet and the multitudes killed and injured in crusader airstrikes in the lands of the Muslims'.

Like the statements on the bombing of the Russian jet, it was claimed to have been carried out in response to France's participation in air strikes in Syria and Iraq.

It claimed: '[France] also did not grasp that its mockery of the Messenger would not be left unavenged.

'Thus, the Islamic State dispatched its brave knights to wage war in the homelands of the wicked crusaders, leaving Paris and its residents "shocked and awed". The eight knights brought Paris down on its knees, after years of French conceit in the face of Islam.'

Meanwhile, today it emerged the bomb that downed the Russian jet had been placed in the aircraft's main cabin not in the cargo compartment as reported earlier, the daily Kommersant reported, citing an unnamed source.

The newspaper, citing a source close to the investigation of the crash, said the epicentre of the explosion appeared to have been at the rear of the cabin near the tail section.

'According to a preliminary version, the bomb could have been laid under the passenger seat by the window. Its operation has led to the destruction of the frame and depressurisation of the cabin, which had an explosive character.'

Yesterday Vladimir Putin finally acknowledged the jet was blown up by a home-made bomb containing 1.5kg of explosives, resulting in the loss of 224 lives. 

All 224 people on board were killed in the crash. President Vladimir Putin vowed yesterday to hunt down those responsible and intensified air strikes against militants in Syria

The Airbus A321 disappeared 23 minutes after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport en-route to St Petersburg on October 31.

Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB security agency told Russian President Vladimir Putin: 'One can say unambiguously that it was a terror act.

(dailymail.co.uk)