Russian plane A321 crash: This viral video claims ISIS shot down Flight 7K9268

The attack was in revenge for Russia's military operations in Syria.

Cairo, Nov 1: The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the crash of a Russian plane on Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai, which killed over 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 its militants managed to target the Russian plane and killed all passengers, Xinhua reported.

It said the attack was in revenge for Russia’s military operations in Syria. A video released by the group showed that a plane was suddenly caught on fire and fell down, but the video cannot be verified for the moment. In the video, an aircraft is shown, which suddenly explodes in the air and crashes down. The visuals aren’t vivid and it hasn’t been confirmed that the plane shown in the video was the Russian Flight 7K9268. (ALSO READ: Russian plane crash: Islamic state claims responsibility for bringing down passenger plane)

However the Egyptian security officials suggested that the plane crashed due to technical fault, the video claims it an attack in revenge for Russia’s military operations in Syria. On Friday Russian air-force had destroyed 1,623 “terrorist targets” in Syria, a strong base of ISIS in a month-old bombing campaign to support forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

All 224 people aboard in the Russian airliner died after the plane crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday morning, confirmed the Egyptian government officials. Watch the video below: