Gunmen Kill Police Officers and a Priest in Russia’s Dagestan
- Churches and synagogues attacked in Muslim majority region
- Assaults in two cities unusual for coordination and scale
Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.
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At least 15 police officers and a priest were killed as gunmen targeted churches and synagogues in the predominantly Muslim Russian region of Dagestan, the authorities said.
In the ancient city of Derbent, perpetrators set a synagogue on fire and attacked a Russian Orthodox church, while a traffic police post and another church and synagogue were targeted in the regional capital of Makhachkala.