The photo of a Schweppes Gold can next to what appear to be pieces of an explosive device – the photo is labeled an “improvised explosive device” – was included in group’s English-language online magazine “Dabiq”.
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A caption on the photo reads: “EXCLUSIVE – Image of the IED used to bring down the Russian airliner”.
Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow would increase its airstrikes against Daesh in Syria in response to the plane crash.
All 224 passengers and crew – mainly Russians – were killed, with officials saying wreckage and bodies were strewn across a 12 square mile area.
And in its forward, it claims to reveal how militants “discovered a way to compromise the security at Sharkm el-Sheikh airport” to bring down the Metrojet airliner on 31 October.
“Daqib” magazine went on to assert that it had images of the passports of a number of those killed in last month’s plane crash.
President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to hunt down those responsible and intensified air strikes against militants in Syria. The target was changed to a Russian plane at the last minute.
“Ever since the Chinese citizen was held hostage by the Islamic State group, the Chinese government has been sparing no effort in rescuing him”, ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement, according to the AP.
May also cited another, “most likely” scenario for moving such a bomb through an airport: “An insider threat getting this item, circumventing security, getting it to the aircraft – if it was used on the aircraft”, May said.
The cover of the latest Dabiq focuses on the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, a string of incidents involving suicide bombers and gunmen at several sites across the French capital that left at least 129 people dead.
In the days following the tragedy over Sinai, British media reported unconfirmed information suggesting that British jihadists might have been involved in the bombing of the Russian plane.
Western governments have said the Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet was likely brought down by a bomb.
“They make it sound like a last-minute decision based on Russia’s entry into the Syrian conflict”, said Mokhtar Awad, an analyst with the Center for American Progress, a U.S. think tank.
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Egyptian authorities confirmed that two Sharm El-Sheikh airport employees have been arrested on suspicion of helping terrorists plant a bomb on board the Russian plane according to a report by Mirror.
