Armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a traffic police post in Dagestan, killing a priest, a church security guard and six police officers.
WARNING: Video contains violent content; discretion is advised. Armed militants have attacked two Orthodox churches and a synagogue, and have opened fire on police in the southern Russia n region of Dagestan . Six police officers were killed, as well as one priest, and 12 injured on Sunday, according to the Russia n local interior ministry. At least one church was set on fire. There were attacks in at least two cities, that appear to have been co-ordinated.
Dagestan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said a group of armed men fired at a synagogue and a church in the city of Derbent, located on the Caspian Sea. Shamil Khadulaev, deputy chairman of the public monitoring commission of Dagestan, cited by RIA Novosti, said a priest in Derbent and a church security guard in Makhachkala were killed.
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