Hundreds of men, rushed onto the tarmac of the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region looking for Israeli passengers on the flight from Tel Aviv,
Israel has warned its citizens to leave the northern Caucasus after an antisemitic mob stormed an airport in Russia’s Dagestan region.
Hundreds of men, some carrying banners with antisemitic slogans, rushed onto the tarmac of the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, on Sunday night, looking for Israeli passengers on the flight from Tel Aviv, according to Russian news reports. The Head of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, gestures while speaking to the media in Makhachkala, Russia.“The bus kept turning around...and people were chasing it and throwing stones. I put my suitcase against the window,” he said.“They came inside, went from person to person, and asked if they were a Muslim or a Jew. I said I was a Muslim, because I was scared to death. Fortunately, they believed me and continued on,” he said.
“Moreover, we see that local authorities were not prepared for such incidents and allowed large-scale violations of law and order and mass demonstrations with open threats to Jews and Israelis,” Boroda said. The mob converged on the airport after a message on the Telegram messaging app urged Dagestanis to meet the “uninvited guests” in “adult fashion” and to get the plane and its passengers to turn around and fly somewhere else.
Police said they had arrested 60 people in connection with the unrest and identified 150 of the most active participants. The unrest in Dagestan, where Russian security forces once fought an Islamist insurgency, is a headache for Putin, who is waging a war in Ukraine and is keen to maintain stability at home ahead of an expected presidential election next year.
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