Synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan kill six police | News

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Synagogue, ******* attacks in Russia’s Dagestan ***** six police | News

Gunmen shot at a synagogue and ******* in Derbent, as well as a police post in Makhachkala.

Gunmen have ******* at least six police officers during what appear to be coordinated attacks on a synagogue, an Orthodox ******* and a police post in the Russian republic of Dagestan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan has said.

Twelve people were wounded in the attacks, which took place in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday evening.

Both the synagogue and the ******* are located in Derbent, which is home to ancient ******* community in the mainly-******* North Caucasus region. The police post ******* took place in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, approximately 125km (78 miles) away.

The synagogue in Derbent was set on ***** as a result of the *******, local officials told the Reuters news agency, while eyewitnesses also reported that smoke was rising from the *******.

Two of the attackers have been shot *****, according to Russian news agencies quoting the interior ministry.

The attackers in Derbent had earlier been seen fleeing in a car.

“Tonight in Derbent and Makhachkala, unknown people made attempts to destablise the public situation,” said the Head of the Republic of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov. “Dagestan police officers stood in their way. According to preliminary information, there are casualties among them. All services are acting in accordance with the instruction … The identities of the attackers are being established.”

Daniel Hawkins, reporting for Al Jazeera from Moscow, said that there have also been reports that a priest in the ******* was *******.

Dagestan has previously seen separatist ********* in the 1990s and early 2000s, Hawkins noted.

“********* there, as the years have gone on, has ***** down,” Hawkins said, explaining that the region never saw the kind of conflict that engulfed the neighbouring Russian republic of Chechnya, which saw Russian forces and separatists ****** two brutal wars during the same *******.

“This sort of ******* that’s coordinated and has targeted civilian religious infrastructure is very unusual and will no doubt be shocking to Russians across the country,” Hawkins said.

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