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[h=4]Russia: Egypt plane brought down by bomb[/h]Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt last month killing all 224 aboard was blown up by a homemade explosive device.
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President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron both believe a bomb may have downed a Russian plane in Egypt.
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Egyptian servicemen approach a piece of wreckage of Russian MetroJet Airbus A321 at the site of the crash in Sinai, Egypt, 01 November 2015.(Photo: MAXIM GRIGORIEV / RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY / HANDOUT, EPA)
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt last month killing all 224 aboard was blown up by a homemade explosive device.
Alexander Bortnikov, the FSB's chief, told Russian state media that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"traces of foreign explosives" were found in debris recovered from the crash site.
"FSB and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation are taking measures to detect the people involved in the crime," he said,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>TASS news agency.
Interfax also reported the news. It comes as Russia has stepped up its airstrikes in Syria in support of President Bashar Assad, whose regime<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is fighting Islamic State militants but also other rebel<span style="color: Red;">*</span>groups in the region.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said the "murder of our nationals in Sinai is among the bloodiest crimes" and vowed to find and punish the perpetrators.
"We will look for them everywhere, wherever they are hiding. We will find them in any point of the globe," he said. He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>asked for international assistance in tracking down and punishing those responsible. Most of the victims were Russian nationals.
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Russian and Egyptian media reported that two employees at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sharm el-Sheikh airport were detained on suspicion of helping whoever planted the bomb,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and another 15 people are being held<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in connection with the incident, citing security officials.
Egypt's government-run<span style="color: Red;">*</span>MENA news agency denied reports that the airport workers had been arrested in connection with the plane crash.
Russia has offered a $50 million reward<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for information that helps lead to detaining anyone involved in the plot to blow up the plane. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claimed responsibility and said the attack was in retaliation to Russia's airstrikes in Syria. The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claim has not<span style="color: Red;">*</span>been independently verified.
The A321 passenger jet operated by Russia's Kogalymavia, also known as Metrojet,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was traveling from Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg when it crashed in a remote area of the Sinai peninsula on Oct. 31.
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