The number of people who lost their lives due to the double attack launched yesterday in Derbent and Makhachkala in Dagestan has risen to 19. This was announced by the Russian Investigative Committee on Telegram, confirming that the victims include four civilians, including an Orthodox priest, while the other 15 dead are police officers.
Dagestan, attack on church and synagogue: at least 15 officers dead (several injured). Among the victims was an Orthodox priest. The 4 terrorists killed
Attack in Dagestan, what happened
In the past few hours, in the city of Derbent, armed men attacked a synagogue, home to a Jewish community in the Muslim-majority region. Russian state news agency Tass said the attackers also fired at two nearby Orthodox churches, killing a police officer and a priest. In a separate shooting at the same time, an armed group of men opened fire on police in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, north along the Caspian Sea coast.
The hand of ISIS
The Wilayat Kavkaz group, the North Caucasus branch of the Islamic State, “probably conducted the coordinated attack against churches, synagogues and police facilities in the Republic of Dagestan on June 23.” The US think tank Isw wrote it. «IS-K’s Russian branch ‘Al-Azaim Media’ published a statement on June 23 following the attack praising “their brothers from the Caucasus” for demonstrating their capabilities,” ISW writes. «Al-Azaim did not claim responsibility for the attack itself” but “the reference to the Caucasus strongly suggests that Wilayat Kavkaz is responsible for the attack”, claims the think tank. “The regional counter-terrorism structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) warned that Wilayat Kavkaz became more active following the attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22 and has intensified recruitment calls in the North Caucasus since April 2024.”
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