MOSCOW — More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday.
MOSCOW — More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday.The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to the authorities.
' The conflicting numbers couldn't be immediately reconciled and it wasn't clear how many militants were involved in the attacks.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. The authorities launched a criminal investigation on the charge of a terrorist act.Russian state news agency Tass cited law enforcement sources as saying that a Dagestani official was detained over his sons' involvement in the attacks.
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