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Islamic State claims this picture reveals the bomb which brought down the Russian jetliner killing 224 people - disguised as a drinks can.

The image appeared in the latest edition of the extremists' magazine Dabiq.

The edition celebrates the recent Paris attacks and is entitled 'Just Terror'.

The magazine also claims to have images of passports belonging to victims who perished after the Metrojet flight exploded over Sinai.

It disintegrated in mid-air 23 minutes after taking off from popular tourist resort Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt for St Petersburg on October 31.

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Islamic State also said it had originally planned to bring down a 'Western' plane over Egypt's Sinai but changed its target to a Russian one after Moscow launched airstrikes in Syria.

An editorial claimed the Russian jet bombing and Paris terror attacks were "revenge exacted upon those who felt safe in the cockpits of their jets."

ISIS said it had smuggled the bomb onto the Russian plane after finding a security loophole at Sharm al-Sheikh airport.

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Russian investigators said yesterday they were certain a 'homemade bomb' was responsible for the crash.

President Putin vowed to find the perpetrators and offered a £30million reward for information leading to their capture.

Reports in the Russian media today suggested the bomb was smuggled into the main cabin of the plane.

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Sources close to the investigation suggested innocent passengers were potentially sat just metres away from the explosive when it went off.

It was originally reported that the bomb had been stored in the plane's cargo compartment.

It was claimed preliminary conclusions were that the bomb could have been laid under the passenger seat by the window.

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In a harrowing reconstruction video published online, the MetroJet plane is shown travelling through the air before the tail end is suddenly blown off.

Parts of the plane begin to break away before it quickly nosedives and hits the ground.

All 224 people on board were killed.

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Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for bringing the Russian plane down in written statements, as well as video and audio messages posted on the internet following the crash.

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President Vladimir Putin vowed on Tuesday to hunt down those responsible and intensified air strikes against militants in Syria.

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Earlier this week, two airport employees have been arrested on suspicion of helping terrorists plant a bomb on board the Russian jet.

Egyptian authorities confirmed two workers at Sharm El-Sheikh airport are accused of aiding those responsible for the atrocity.

Islamic State also claimed in the Dabiq magazine to have killed a Chinese and a Norwegian captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading "executed."

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The Norwegian foreign ministry declined to comment on the claim.

In September, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said a Norwegian man had been held hostage in Syria since January and was believed to be in the hands of Islamic State.

She said Norway did not intend to pay a ransom for his release.

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Solberg did not name the man but said he was in his 40s and had been held by several groups since he was first captured.

China's foreign ministry also said in September that one of its missing citizens appeared to be in Islamic State captivity.

In its previous issue of the magazine Dabiq, Islamic State showed pictures of two men it said were Norwegian and Chinese, and said their governments had "abandoned" them both, but that ransom payments could secure their release.

In its latest issue, it did not give any details about how, when or where they were killed.

Today, French military have released footage of their aircrafts allegedly bombing ISIS strongholds in Syria.

France's Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, believes that Russia may be 'shifting their position on ISIS' after the plane bombing in October.

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"Russia is shifting because today Russian cruise missiles hit Raqqa.

"Maybe today this grand coalition with Russia is possible because it has evolved," he said, referring to President Francois Hollande's call to create a large coalition against the group.