Gunmen opened fire at churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region on Sunday, killing 20 people and injured over 40 others.
The death toll has risen to 20 after gunmen in Russia's Dagestan region attacked churches, synagogues and a traffic police post.Russia's Investigative Committee said it had launched criminal probes over "acts of terror".
Gunmen with automatic weapons entered an Orthodox church and a synagogue in the ancient city of Derbent on Sunday evening, setting fire to an icon at the church and killing 66-year-old Orthodox priest, Nikolai Kotelnikov. "We must understand that war comes to our homes too. We felt it but today we face it," he said, adding that authorities were hunting for "sleeper cells" that had trained the attackers with assistance from abroad.Russia's Investigative Committee said it had launched criminal probes over "acts of terror".
Bombings, attacks on police and kidnappings — all blamed on extremists — were commonplace in the region more than a decade ago,
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