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TERROR ATTACK. In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the National Anti-terrorism Committee on Monday, Russia’s FSB security service officers conduct an anti-terrorist operation in Dagestan. An operation against gunmen who attacked churches and a synagogue in Russia’s Muslim-dominated Dagestan region killed at least 19 people is now over, the national anti-terrorism agency said.
Russia has been a target for Islamic State terror in recent years, with the fundamentalist group opposing Moscow’s military support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and claiming to have set-up a “franchise” in Russia’s north Caucasus. The National Antiterrorism Committee, which responds to mass attacks and is tasked with foiling terror plots, said Monday morning it had wrapped up its rapid response operation.
Russia’s Investigative Committee said it had opened criminal probes over “acts of terror,” while Dagestan’s Governor Sergei Melikov called the attacks an attempt to “destabilise” his region. Two Orthodox churches, two synagogues, and a police checkpoint were attacked, according to officials and the Russian Jewish Congress.Dagestan’s interior ministry said 19 people took shelter inside a church in Makhachkala and were later led out to safety.
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