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St. Petersburg: Suspected jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber had ties to the Islamic State

Apr 3, 2017 5:38 pm By Robert Spencer

“I saw a lot of smoke, a crowd making its way to the escalators, people with blood and other people’s insides on their clothes, bloody faces.”

And their bloodthirsty god is appeased.

“Suspected suicide bomber in St. Petersburg attack had links to Islamic State: report,” by Denis Pinchuk and Alexander Winning, Reuters, April 3, 2017:

A suspected suicide bomber thought to be responsible for a deadly blast in the St Petersburg metro on Monday had links with radical Islamist groups banned in Russia, a law enforcement source told Interfax news agency.

The source added that remains found at the scene of the blast suggested that a suicide bomber was responsible but that final conclusions would be made after DNA tests had been conducted.

The source also told Interfax that authorities had established the identity of the suspected suicide bomber and that the suspect was a 23-year-old from central Asia who had carried an explosive device into the St Petersburg metro in a rucksack.

A man who was captured on surveillance cameras and earlier suspected of a role in the blast came forward to police and said that he played no role, Interfax reported….

Soon after the blast happened at 2:40 p.m., ambulances and fire engines descended on the concrete-and-glass Sennaya Ploshchad station. One helicopter hovered overhead, then landed on a broad avenue to take away an injured passenger.

“I saw a lot of smoke, a crowd making its way to the escalators, people with blood and other people’s insides on their clothes, bloody faces,” St Petersburg resident Leonid Chaika, who said he was at the station where the blast happened, told Reuters by phone. “Many were crying.” Interfax news agency cited unnamed sources as saying the bomb, packed with shrapnel, may have been hidden in a train carriage inside a briefcase. The National Anti-Terrorist Committee said an explosive device had been found at another station, hidden in a fire extinguisher, but had been defused….

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  1. anil says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 5:42 pm

    the black angels have smiled again to say it’s religion of peace on the wings of paid media and dealers you call leaders . wake up world and come united against radical Islam.

    • Jihadi John says

      Apr 4, 2017 at 1:02 am

      Nothing unusual here. Just the Religion of Peace™ at work!

      • Michael says

        Apr 4, 2017 at 1:03 am

        I am really digging the TM, Jihadi John! It is absolutely perfect!

  2. Porky The Crusader says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 5:57 pm

    And… it was muslims. what a surprise.. said no one

    • epistemology says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 6:27 pm

      Surprise, surprise indeed I suspected some militant Hindus, Buddhists or Jews but adherents of the religion of peace(TM)? No way, muzzies are so peaceful, violence is alien to them, that’s what the media tells us and that can’t be wrong.

      Sorry, but I can’t do without a grain of sarcasm.

      • Michael says

        Apr 3, 2017 at 6:34 pm

        epistemology, that peace(TM) is just priceless … classic … perfect!! we should ALL use that! omg that is funny!

      • Wellington says

        Apr 3, 2017 at 7:57 pm

        I still lean towards the Amish, epistemology, as the culprits. Nasty lot they are.

  3. Michael says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    He had ‘links’ to terrorist groups? Um … he’s a Muslim, right? He IS a terrorist. Links? lol … you mean the Koran? You mean all the ‘believers’? Links. What bullshit. He’s a Muslim. He’s a terrorist.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Apr 5, 2017 at 7:38 am

      The Ummah, the Allah Gang, the de facto Empire of Islam, *is* basically a terrorist organisation, when push comes to shove.

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Apr 5, 2017 at 7:42 am

        Forgot to add my other phrase for describing what we’re confronted with – “the Mohammedan Mob”.

        The word “mob” being chosen for its multiple meanings – as indicating both the mob mentality of Islam, but also the colloquial use of “the Mob” in connection with the Mafia, and crime ‘families’ generally, in order to expose the ways in which the Ummah seems to function like an organised crime syndicate (the Dhimma being, for example, like a ‘protection’ racket).

      • Daniel Triplett says

        Apr 5, 2017 at 10:27 am

        Yes, Islam is a crime syndicate.

        Dressing it up as a religion is part and parcel to the Taqiyya cover-up.

  4. Michael Copeland says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    Questions for Denis Pinchuk and Alexander Winning of Reuters,

    In what way does a “radical Islamist” differ from a muslim?

    Can you be specific?

    • David the Viking says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 7:30 pm

      A radical Islamist wants to kill you. A Muslim wants a radical Islamist to kill you.

      • Michael says

        Apr 3, 2017 at 10:35 pm

        David, thank you for putting it in such a crystal clear fashion. And a Muslim becomes becomes a radical Muslim when that Muslim decides that he is tired of others getting the claim on the 72 virgins.

      • Nicko from Sydney says

        Apr 4, 2017 at 4:10 am

        David. Perfectly said.

  5. salim says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:29 pm

    If he didn’t have ties with ISIS does it make it easier?
    Our obsession with ISIS distracts us from thinking of the real enemy – Islam.

    • Richard says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 6:44 pm

      It makes it easier for the Left if these jihadis do have ties with ISIS. The well-known “fact” that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam is then used to whitewash and protect “the peaceful religion”. The more ISIS connections the better as far as the apologists are concerned.

    • Ade says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 7:07 pm

      I totally agree and for sometime I have suspected that ISIS are being used as a scapegoat by our cowardly and corrupt media and governments to hide the nature of islamic jihadis in general .. I predict hearing the same thing said by Robert Spencer within the year .. I can’t be sure .. but I fancy the odds

  6. mortimer says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    Western governments are not solving the ROOT CAUSE of jihadism… the poisonous Islamic texts.

    Until Western governments DEVELOP advanced PROTOCOLS to deprogram jihadists COMPLETELY OUT OF ISLAM, their approach will resemble PUTTING OUT FIRES, rather than building a fireproof house.

    • ECAW says

      Apr 4, 2017 at 4:11 am

      Mortimer – Protocols to proscribe certain parts of Islamic scriptures and law, fine, but if you still think it possible to de-program Muslims then it’s high time you provided details.

  7. Voytek Gagalka says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:47 pm

    It is not enough that “radical Islamist groups” would be banned from the country. They belong to the global Ummah, have whole spider like connections to many cells inside and out. To ban one cell while other ones are run practically undetected is futile and will NEVER work. I understand that Putin has to deal with huge Mohammedan population: in Moscow alone there are more of them than in Paris, London and Amsterdam combined. Big problem. He tried to “contain them” to apparent no success at all. But at the same time he makes pact with “devils” from Iran and that does not bother him? And what is the difference between jihad from Al-Raqqa and jihad from Tehran?

    • Oliver says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 6:57 pm

      A bit off-Voytek-

      In my opinion, Putin’s dealings with Iran are playing two sides against the middle, and using Iran, Iranians and Hezbollah to kill ISIS in the middle east.

      Consider: Russia has signed several treaties and pacts with Israel; Russia has done nothing when Israel Bombs Hezbollah arms shipments (Hezbollah and the Lebanese military and government, are de facto, the same); AND ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, IRAN PUBLICLY SAID THAT RUSSIA GAVE ISRAEL, THE CODES FOR THE DEFENSE SYSTEM THAT RUSSIA SOLD TO IRAN.

      To me, it seems that he (Putin) is using Iran, and playing them.

      I Would like to see Putin go and kill a few hundred thousand Muslims- and f what the NY Times says about his human rights record-in regards to Muslims. My views

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 3, 2017 at 8:49 pm

        Oliver wrote:

        A bit off-Voytek-

        In my opinion, Putin’s dealings with Iran are playing two sides against the middle, and using Iran, Iranians and Hezbollah to kill ISIS in the middle east…
        ……………………

        With all respect, Oliver, I don’t think so.

        Putin was playing footsie with the hideous Islamic Republic of Iran–including enabling their nuclear program–long before the rise of ISIS.

        I think this was just Putin twitting the West–especially the United States. I just hope it doesn’t bite the Russian people–or any other Infidels–on the *ss. Like so much enabling of Islam, though, it probably will.

  8. Oliver says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 6:58 pm

    Why is the west, and also JW STILL calling them ” suicide bombers”.

    THEY ARE HOMICIDE BOMBERS. THEIR GOAL IS TO MURDER- THAT IS HOMICIDE. IF THEY DIE IN THE ATTACK, OH WELL.

    Suicide, my view, one takes his (or her) own life, AND NOBODY ELSE’S.

    • Ade says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 7:09 pm

      and if they get their hands on the A-bomb we will find out what a genocide bomber looks like

      • Michael says

        Apr 4, 2017 at 12:11 am

        yes, methinks they have only begun to use what weapons they might have … child’s play thus far, it seems is a good possibility.

        While I hate to be a proponent of mass destruction, sometimes it seems that the only real way to eliminate Islam, is to eliminate Muslim dominated countries. It’s an awful thought to think it, and I think it … what other real solution is there? one hundred years ago, two hundred years ago, to keep them corralled in the Middle East would have made sense. They couldn’t strike out across the globe with anything. Today? Drones, planes, missiles … etc. Islam can’t be contained, really, can it? Can you contain cancer? Or do you just destroy it all, and watch for its recurrence?

        Will it ever come to that? What would have to be a nuclear attack? Widespread? Could any country do that? Would any country? Would the United States? and even then, they have spread throughout Europe. And they are here.

        Damn if it doesn’t all seem destined for a lot of violence ahead.

        • Daniel Triplett says

          Apr 4, 2017 at 1:04 am

          As a six year war vet, Afghanistan/Iraq, I assert this conflict will only be reconciled with nuclear weapons.

          WWIII is in progress. Only one side is fighting it though, because only one side recognizes the war; the animals who declared it.

          We can either strike first, or we can wait for the Ummah to glass Tel Aviv, Manhattan, or DC.

        • Michael says

          Apr 4, 2017 at 1:08 am

          There really doesn’t seem to be any other possibility. At all. There is no such thing as ‘dialogue’ with insane murderers. The idea is laughable. Nuclear war is not laughable. And if we don’t engage at some point, then we will wait until they do toast a major city or two or three. As all of us are clear about on this site, they don’t have any value for life itself.

          Makes me think to enjoy every day. Keep doing what we are all doing to spread the word, learn, all that. Absolutely. And enjoy every day. And be ready to fight however we might need to fight.

          Thanks for your comments and insights, Daniel. I hope we’re wrong. But it’s a hope that doesn’t seem to hang on much of substance.

        • Daniel Triplett says

          Apr 4, 2017 at 2:16 am

          We’re not wrong Brother.

          There’s only one solution. The sooner everyone gets on board, the better.

  9. somehistory says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    Unless the governments, the authorities, detectives, law enforcement, etc. can bring in the leaders and commanders and all co-conspirators of isis…what difference does it make if this guy…or the guy in London, or the guy in Orlando, or the guy and his wife in CA, or the multitude of terrorists in Libya, or Egypt, or anywhere else…have ties to isis?

    islam is the *tie* that binds it all together. The head, tail, innards and *brain* of the beast from satan, ties it all together. To ascertain whether he had *ties* to one particular *branch* or *limb* of the beast doesn’t really matter. He’s connected, as are they all, to islam, the wild beast from satan the devil.

    The *theories* and *speculations* just keep the image of the beast alive and gives them something to rattle on about while they feed it and help it grow.

    • Daniel Triplett says

      Apr 4, 2017 at 1:22 am

      Exactly. Islam is the problem…Period.

      Now let’s get busy and extinguish it.

  10. gravenimage says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    St. Petersburg: Suspected jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber had ties to the Islamic State
    ………………….

    This should surprise no one.

    God, I hate Islam.

  11. Sam says

    Apr 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm

    What was the reason for this attack? I am still wondering and I am a liberal.

    • More Ham Ed says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      The unholy ko’ ran had somethin’ to do with it.

      30557 deadly DOCUMENTED ISLAMIC terror attacks since 9/11.

      http://www.thereligionofpeace.com

      “Does the Quran really contain over a hundred verses promoting violence?” (with NO theme to prove that violent verses ARE NOT for cur. day followers I might add).

      http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/violence.aspx

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 3, 2017 at 9:00 pm

      Is this a serious question, Sam?

      Pious Muslims want Russia to submit to Islam, just as they want Infidels everywhere to submit. That is the whole purpose of Jihad.

      • dumbledoresarmy says

        Apr 3, 2017 at 11:53 pm

        Exactly. *The* prime reason is that the Russian Federation is majority-Christian (Orthodox), majority-Infidel, and therefore, is an offence to Islam and to ‘allah’. It is a sovereign Infidel state.

        The prime casus belli is that Russia – Infidel Russia – EXISTS, as-yet unsubjugated.

        Everything else is just excuses.

    • Debi Brand says

      Apr 4, 2017 at 2:48 am

      “What was the reason for this attack? I am still wondering and I am a liberal.”

      Retaliation.

      Living by “the Book and the Sunna,” as all Muslims are commanded to live, thus returning, in short, like-kind wounds and death they (Muslims/IS) are absorbing.

      “I saw a lot of smoke … people with blood and other people’s insides on their clothes, bloody faces,” and that is when we know, these Muslims took their “religion’s” teachings seriously.

  12. Mike says

    Apr 4, 2017 at 10:45 am

    It is important to know that, according to hadiths , any muslim that shout out loud ” Allahu Akbar ” , this gives him the equivalent of the benefits of 20 good actions + it erases the equivalent of 20 bad actions.

    So , it seems that shouting “Allahu Akbar ” has a great value !!!! Come on, all together , let’s shout ….

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