The Sunday Times names alleged organizer of A321 explosion

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. The suspected mastermind behind the downing of a Russian passenger jet near Sharm el-Sheikh has been unmasked, as it emerged that British tourists could be stranded at the Egyptian resort for up to a fortnight. “Armenpress” reports the information citing The Sunday Times.

Intelligence chiefs believe that the plane, which crashed last weekend killing 224 people, was brought down by a bomb planted by an offshoot of Isis in the Sinai peninsula.

The group’s frontman, Abu Osama al-Masri, an Egyptian cleric, brokered a pact with Isis last year in Syria.

Whitehall officials confirmed this weekend that Masri is a “person of interest” and that Britain would help Egypt or Russia in a “kill or capture” mission. Such a move could involve the deployment of the SAS to Egypt.

According to the newspaper the bomb was brought on the plane by one of the members of Wilayat Sinai group who was working at the airport. London is concerned that the person is still at liberty.

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