Obama: There is ‘possibility’ that bomb was on board Russian jet

People gather to place floral tributes at the foot of the Alexander Column at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. A Russian official says families have identified the bodies of 33 victims killed in Saturday’s plane crash over Egypt. The Russian jet crashed over the Sinai Peninsula early Saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Most of them were holidaymakers from Russia’s St. Petersburg. AP Photo

WASHINGTON, United States—US President Barack Obama on Thursday raised the “possibility” that a bomb had brought down a Russian jet over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, while emphasizing it was too early to say for sure.

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“I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board and we are taking that very seriously,” Obama told KIRO radio, which is associated with the CBS network.

The Metrojet Airbus A321 crashed last weekend shortly after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all on board and raising suspicions it was brought down by a bomb.

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