Gunmen Kill 4 Members, Priest, 15 Police Officers At Synagogue Church In Russia ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Church #Dagestan #DagestanProvince #death, #Derbent #Makhachkala #Priest #Russia Not Less Than 19 Persons Have Been Confirmed Dead When Gunmen On Sunday Engaged Security Operatives In A Street Gun Battle After The Gunmen Attacked A Church And A Police Post At Makhachkala And Derbent Cities Of Northern Caucasus Region Of Dagestan Province In Russia. https://osazuwaakonedo.news/gunmen-kill-4-members-priest-15-police-officers-at-synagogue-church-in-russia/24/06/2024/ #World News Published: June 24th, 2024 Reshared: June 24, 2024 2:22 pm
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00:00Not less than 19 persons have been confirmed dead when government on Sunday engaged security
00:04operatives in a street gun battle after the gunmen attacked a church and a police post
00:07at Makatkula and government cities of northern Caucasus region of Dagestan province in Russia.
00:12Reports also indicated that Russian military personnel later surrounded the gunmen and
00:15killed six of them and arrested two sons of a community held in Dagestan.
00:19The gunmen had operated almost successfully moving from street to street, killing some
00:23policemen in close range according to videos of eyewitnesses posted online.
00:26Four civilians, including a priest, and 15 police officers were killed by the gunmen
00:31in the coordinated simultaneous attacks in Russia's southern part of Dagestan province.
00:35According to Al Arabiya News, Russian troops neutralized at least six gunmen following an
00:39attack on a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in Dagestan.
00:43At least 15 police officers were killed in the attack, according to local authorities.
00:48Gunmen shot at a synagogue and church in Labent, as well as a police post in Makatkula.
00:53Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two
00:57cities in Russia's north Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest
01:02and at least 15 police officers, the region's health said.
01:05This is a day of tragedy day for Dagestan and the home country.
01:08Sandy Melikov, governor of the Dagestan region,
01:10said in a video published early on Monday on the Telegram messaging app.
01:14The simultaneous attacks across the cities of Makatkula and Labent came three months after
01:18145 people were killed in an attack claimed by the ISIS on a concert hall near Moscow,
01:22Russia's worst terrorist attack in years.
01:25There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks in the volatile north Caucasus region.
01:29We understand who is behind the organization of the terrorist attacks and what goal they pursued,
01:34Melikov said, without disclosing further details.
01:37Russia's state media cited law enforcement as saying that among the attackers had been
01:40two sons of the head of central Dagestan's Sengokala district,
01:43who instead had been detained by investigators.
01:45Melikov said that among the dead, in addition to the police officers,
01:49were several civilians, including an Orthodox priest who worked in Dagent for more than 40 years.
01:54Six of the gunmen were shot and killed as the incidents unfolded, Melikov said.
01:58Russian state news agencies cited the National Anti-Terrorist Committee as saying that five
02:02of the gunmen had been killed.
02:04Routers could not independently verify the reports on how many people or gunmen were killed in the
02:08attacks.
02:09June 24-26 have been declared days of mourning in Dagestan, Melikov said,
02:14with flags lowered to help staff and all entertainment events cancelled.
02:17The rest of region was in the 2000s hit by an extremist insurgency spilling over from
02:21neighboring Chechnya, with Russian security forces moving aggressively to combat extremists
02:25in the region.
02:26In recent years, attacks have become rarer, with Russia's Federal Security Service,
02:30FSB, saying it in 2017 that it had defeated the insurgency in the region.
02:35The agencies reported exchanges of gunfire in the center of Makachkala.
02:39They cited the Interior Ministry as saying that exits from the Caspian Sea port of around
02:42600,000 had been closed, and that conspirators who were still at large may yet attempt to
02:47flee the city.
02:48About 125 kilometers, 75 miles, south of Makachkala, gunmen attacked a synagogue and a church
02:54in Dabent, home to an ancient Jewish community and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
02:59Authorities were quoted as saying that both the synagogue and church were ablaze, and
03:02that two attackers had been killed.
03:04Russian media cited the head of the country's Federation of Jewish Communities as calling
03:09for people to avoid reacting to provocations.
03:12In Israel, the Foreign Ministry said the synagogue in Dabent had been burned to the ground and
03:16shots had been fired at a second synagogue in Makachkala.
03:19The statement said it was believed there were no worshippers in the synagogue at the time.
03:23Russian authorities have pointed to militant elements in previous incidents in the region.
03:27In October, after the war in Gaza broke out, rioters waving Palestinian flags broke down
03:32glass doors and rampaged through Makachkala airport to look for Jewish passengers on a
03:35flight arriving from Tel Aviv.
03:37Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West and Ukraine of stirring up unrest inside
03:41Russia in connection with the incident.
03:43Al Arabiya News report ends in quote.
03:45As at the time of filing in this report, more details about the incident is to be briefed
03:49by the heads of security agencies in Russia.