Islamist attacks in Russia: church, synagogue destroyed and police attacked
Dagestan police reported that around 6pm in Derbent unknown gunmen shot at a synagogue and a church and then attacked a traffic police command post. There were numerous deaths and injuries, although the number is not yet clear and the reports are contradictory.
The suspects fled in a white Volkswagen Polo. «The circumstances are being clarified. Information on the dead and injured police officers is being clarified,” the Interior Ministry reported .
TASS, citing local authorities, reports that after the attack a fire broke out in the Derbent synagogue. The leadership of the local department of the Russian Investigative Committee went to Derbent.
The prosecutor of the attacked city went to the scene of the accident in Derbent to coordinate the actions of law enforcement and the hunt for the fugitives, as confirmed by the Dagestan prosecutor's office to Kommersant.
Following the attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent , the latest data is that six law enforcement officers were killed and 12 injured , the Ministry of Internal Affairs told RIA Novosti. Interfax reports 23 wounded, so the situation is still very fluid. In Derbent and Makhachkala the firefight has resumed.
Tass reports that the firefight with the police took place near the Russian border, a
A regime of anti-terrorist operations was introduced in the autonomous republic. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for terrorist attack (Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The search for the militants continues. It is known that in Makhachkala two of the attackers were killed during arrest. At least two others were arrested. The number of attackers is unknown.
News on the ongoing manhunt will probably follow in the next few hours.
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