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August 19, 2017 Special Dispatch No. 7062

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Stabbing Attack In Surgut, Russia

August 19, 2017
Russia | Special Dispatch No. 7062

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On August 19, 2017, A'maq, the news agency of the Islamic State (ISIS), reported that ISIS was behind today's stabbing attacks in Surgut, Russia, in which seven people were injured. Citing a "security source,” the  report said that the perpetrator of the attack, who was gunned down by police, was "a soldier of the Islamic State."

Source: Telegram/NasherNews, August 19, 2017.

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