Russian media reports five dead in Dagestan attack, including Orthodox priest.directorate statement read.
In a deadly attack, gunmen opened fire at a synagogue in Derbent, a city in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, killing six police officers, as per reports citing the country’s interior ministry
, Russian media reports five dead in Dagestan attack, including Orthodox priest.Russia’s Investigative Committee says it has opened criminal probes over “acts of terror” after gunmen attacked a synagogue and two churches, killing a priest and six police officers in Russia’s Caucasus region of Dagestan.
The attacks took place in Dagestan’s largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent.
“This evening in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala armed attacks were carried out on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police check-point,” says the National Antiterrorism Committee in a statement to RIA Novosti news agency
