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Gunmen kill 9 in attacks on synagogue, Orthodox church in Russia’s Dagestan
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/23/russia-attack-church-synagogue-dagestan/
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Assailants opened fire at an Orthodox church, a synagogue and a traffic police post across two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday evening, killing at least nine people, local officials said.
Russia opened a “counterterrorist operation” as the shooting continued into the night in Derbent and the regional capital of Makhachkala, including at the Holy Dormition Cathedral, where people were reportedly trapped inside.
State news outlets, citing law enforcement agencies, reported that the attackers were “adherents of an international terrorist organization” and used foreign weapons.
Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, called the incident “an attempt to destabilize the situation,” while a State Duma member from the republic, Abdulkhakim Gadzhiyev, linked the attack “to the special services of Ukraine and NATO countries.”
Thousands of Dagestanis left Russia to fight for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria; hundreds were ultimately brought back to serve prison sentences after the group was defeated by a U.S.-backed coalition.
The Islamic State has continued to claim attacks inside Russia, including a deadly assault on a popular Moscow concert venue in March.
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