MOSCOW –
Gunmen opened fire on a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post on Sunday in attacks in two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus region, Dagestan, killing an Orthodox priest and several police officers, the head of the region said.
“This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the whole country,” Sergei Melikov, governor of the Dagestan region, said in a video published early Monday on the messaging app Telegram.
Melikov said more than fifteen police officers “fell victims” of what he said was a “terrorist attack,” but he did not specify how many police officers were killed and how many were injured. Russia’s Interfax agency reported that at least 15 police officers were killed.
