FSB: Turkish Nationalist Group Grey Wolves linked to A321 suicide attack

Turkish radical nationalist organization Grey Wolves has been linked to Daesh and could have participated in the downing of the Russian A321 flight over Sinai that killed all 224 people on board, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said as quoted by the Kommersant daily.

"The FSB believes that Turkish radical nationalist organization Grey Wolves, linked to the Daesh (Islamic State) terrorist group and operating in many Arab countries, including Egypt, could have been linked to the explosion of the Russian airliner," a FSB source said.

According to the newspaper, the Grey Wolves, which emerged in Turkey in late 60s, participated in combat operations in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, organizing transfer of weapons into the region.

On October 31, 2015, the Russia-operated Airbus A321 crashed en route from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg as a result of an explosion on board. All 224 people on board the plane were killed.

The crash has become the largest civil aviation disaster in Russian history.

Daesh, which is outlawed in Russia and many other countries, claimed responsibility for the crash.

Source: MENA