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FSB taking measures to find those behind the terrorist attack on board A321 - statement

MOSCOW, November 17./TASS/. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) takes measures to find those involved in the terrorist attack on board the Russian A321 airliner in Sinai, the service’s public relations center told Tass. "FSB and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation are taking measures to detect the people involved in the crime," it said. The Federal Security Service appeals to the Russian and the international community for assistance in search for the terrorists. The recent crash of the Russian airliner on the Sinai peninsula was caused by a terrorist attack with the use of a self-made explosive device, Russia’s Federal Security Service Chief Alexander Bortnikov said earlier on Tuesday. "It can be unambiguously said that this is a terrorist act," Bortnikov said at a session chaired by President Vladimir Putin. According to him, the traces of a foreign-made explosive were found in the airliner debris and the passengers’ belongings. "In the estimates of our specialists, a self-made explosive device with its power of up to 1 kilogram in TNT equivalent went off aboard the airliner, due to which the plane broke up in the air and this explains the spread of the plane's fuselage parts over a large distance," the Federal Security Service chief said. Read more

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