IS claims responsibility for Russian plane crash in Egypt

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the crash of a Russian plane on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai, which killed more than 200 people on board, in a statement posted online.
The Sinai-based group “Sinai State” that had announced loyalty to the IS said in a statement posted on Twitter that its militants managed to target the Russian plane and killed all its passengers.
It said the attack was in revenge for Russia’s military operations in Syria.