Gunmen kill policemen and priest in multiple attacks on churches, synagogues and police posts in Russia’s Dagestan

[essentialsaltes]

At least 15 police officers and a priest were killed by gunmen on Sunday in what appear to be coordinated attacks on multiple places of worship in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province, local authorities said.

Sergey Melikov, head of the Dagestan Republic, said at least six “militants” were also killed following the attacks on churches, synagogues and police posts in the cities of Derbent and the regional capital Makhachkala, which are about 120 kilometers (75 miles) apart.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which come three months after ISIS affiliate ISIS-K claimed an assault at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow that claimed more than 140 lives in one of Russia’s deadliest terrorist atrocities in years.

Law enforcement agencies told state-run news agency TASS that the gunmen in Dagestan were “adherents of an international terrorist organization.”

Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim region home to a small Christian and even smaller Jewish minority. Russian security forces fought an Islamist insurgency in the mountainous region in the 2000s that spilled over from neighboring Chechnya, though attacks have become rarer in recent years.

 

[AlexB23]

At least 15 police officers and a priest were killed by gunmen on Sunday in what appear to be coordinated attacks on multiple places of worship in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province, local authorities said.

Sergey Melikov, head of the Dagestan Republic, said at least six “militants” were also killed following the attacks on churches, synagogues and police posts in the cities of Derbent and the regional capital Makhachkala, which are about 120 kilometers (75 miles) apart.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which come three months after ISIS affiliate ISIS-K claimed an assault at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow that claimed more than 140 lives in one of Russia’s deadliest terrorist atrocities in years.

Law enforcement agencies told state-run news agency TASS that the gunmen in Dagestan were “adherents of an international terrorist organization.”

Dagestan is a predominantly Muslim region home to a small Christian and even smaller Jewish minority. Russian security forces fought an Islamist insurgency in the mountainous region in the 2000s that spilled over from neighboring Chechnya, though attacks have become rarer in recent years.

Prayers for the victims of this attack.

A guy here started a prayer thread about the Dagestan attacks, for Christians to pray for the victims: Pray that Jesus Christ heals & comforts all those affected by the antisemitic terrorist attacks on a synagogue in Dagestan, Russia:

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

 

[AlexB23]

Sorry guys, I am gonna have to leave this thread, as this news is a bit too dark.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Twenty dead in attacks on churches and synagogue in southern Russia​

At least 46 people were taken to hospital with injuries after the Sunday evening attack.

Although the assailants have not been officially identified, Russian media widely reported that among the gunmen were two sons of the head of the Sergokala district, Magomed Omarov, who was detained by police.

However, in a video posted on Telegram, Mr Melikov implied Ukraine had been involved in the attack and that Dagestan was now directly involved in Russia's war in Ukraine.

Dagestan has in the past been the scene of Islamist attacks.

An attack on the Crocus City Hall venue near Moscow in March which left 147 dead was blamed by Russian authorities on Ukraine and the West, even though the Islamic State group claimed it.

Between 2007 and 2017, a jihadist organisation called the Caucasus Emirate, and later the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, staged attacks in Dagestan and the neighbouring Russian republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.


AP: Russian news reports said the attackers included the two sons and a nephew of Magomed Omarov, the head of the main Kremlin’s party United Russia’s regional branch in Dagestan. [United Russia has expelled Omarov.]

 

[RileyG]

How very sad. Will the madness ever end?

 

[RileyG]

Prayers for the victims of this attack.

A guy here started a prayer thread about the Dagestan attacks, for Christians to pray for the victims: Pray that Jesus Christ heals & comforts all those affected by the antisemitic terrorist attacks on a synagogue in Dagestan, Russia:

Amen. This is heartbreaking!

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

How very sad. Will the madness ever end?

Yes, when Lord Jesus rturn.

 

[RileyG]

Yes, when Lord Jesus rturn.

Amen

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

 

[Pommer]

I watched some several minutes of this and the presentation was anxiety producing enough, not even following the content!

I generally don’t watch “citizen-journalists“ because they tend to be people who are so fixated on their version of news is that any good information is drown out by random speculation, (building blows up in Russia, was it Ukrainian drones!? We don’t KNOW!).

Please learn what propaganda looks like.