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| Terror Attack in Dagestan; Probably Islamists, Russia to blame Ukraine |
| 2024-06-23 |
| Associated Press June 23, 2024 MOSCOW; Armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a traffic police post in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, killing a priest, a church security guard and at least six police officers, Russian state news agency Tass said Sunday. Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that a Russian Orthodox priest and police officers were killed in the "terrorist" attacks. 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. The attackers fled and a search for them was underway, the statement from the ministry said. Tass reported that the church and synagogue were set on fire in the attack. Almost simultaneously, reports appeared about an attack on a traffic police post in the capital of the largely Muslim region, Makhachkala. According to RIA Novosti, six policemen were killed and 12 more were injured. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |