Egyptian president admits terrorists hit Russian plane

February 25, 2016 01:26

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi today admitted that a Russian passenger plane was downed by terrorists to harm the country's tourism industry and its ties with Russia, months after he dismissed ISIS' claims that the terror group hit the jet killing all 224 people aboard.

"Has terrorism ended? No it has not, but it will if we unite. Did the person behind the plane crash aim to hit just the (Egyptian) tourism industry? No, the intention was to harm relations with Russia, Italy and all other countries," Sisi said in in a speech shown live on television.

This was the first time that Sisi confirmed that the Russian-operated Airbus A321 had been brought down by terrorists.

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