More than 20 people, most of them policemen, were killed in indiscriminate firing by terrorists armed with modern weapons on a Christian and Jewish temple in Russia's southern province of Dagestan. This incident of possible terrorist attack took place in the city of Derbat in Dagestan. According to the AP report, the governor of Dagestan has confirmed that the gunmen killed 20 people and injured 20 others.
Security forces retaliated and killed 6 attackers. According to media reports, on Sunday, attackers in Dagestan opened fire on two churches and a synagogue and a nearby police station. There has been chaos after the attack in the city of Derbat near the Caspian Sea. A day of mourning will be observed from Monday to Wednesday. No group or terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for this attack.
According to sources of Russia's state news agency TASS, an official and his son have been arrested on suspicion in Dagestan. It is also feared that the attack was prepared abroad. 66-year-old priest Nikolay was also among the dead in Debert. The terrorists killed him by slitting his throat. The church security guard had only one bullet in his pistol, the security guard died before retaliation. People of Muslim religion are in majority in Dagestan.
Demonstrations by protesters opposing Israeli military action in Gaza Strip continue in Dagestan. Even when an Israeli tourist plane landed at the airport, an attempt was made to surround it. After the terrorist attack on the concert hall in the Moskoye suburb last March, the Russian military in Dagestan carried out anti-terrorism operations and detained Muslim extremists.