In what appeared to be a coordinated attack, gunmen targeted a synagogue, Orthodox church and police post in Russia's southernmost Dagestan province.
A synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post were targeted by gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks in Russia's southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday night. Local reports citing the province's interior ministry said at least six police officers have been killed and 12 others wounded.The attacks took place in Dagestan's largest city, Makhachkala, and in the coastal city of Derbent.
'Unidentified people fired at a synagogue and a church with automatic weapons,' Reuters reported the region's interior ministry as saying. 'One police officer was killed and one injured.'The interior ministry was also quoted as saying a synagogue and an Orthodox church, both targets of the attacks, had been set ablaze, Reuters reported. The attackers reportedly fled in a car.
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