At least 12 others have been injured when the gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region.
Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan, killing six policemen and injuring 12, the region’s Russian news agencies quoted the interior ministry as saying.
Footage shared on social media of the gunman carrying out the attack in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.The Interior Ministry, quoted by Russian news agencies, said four gunmen had been shot dead as the incidents unfolded. A local official said another had been killed during a shootout at a church in Makhachkala, the region’s main administrative centre.
An unofficial channel on the Telegram messaging app, Mash, said police were preparing to storm a building where gunmen were holed up in Derbent, about 125 kilometres further south.
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