Russia’s Dagestan mourns priest, police killed in attack by gunmen

Dagestan has experienced a series of anti-Semitic incidents. Most notably, last year a mob stormed the airport in Makhachkala. Photograph:AFP/Getty Imagesbegan three days of mourning of Monday after gunmen killed multiple police officers, an Orthodox priest and several others in attacks on synagogues and churches on Sunday across two cities in the North Caucasus region.

Mr Melikov said more than 15 police officers “fell victim” to what he said was a “terrorist attack”,” but he did not specify how many of the police were killed and how many were injured. Russia’s Interfax agency reported at least 15 police officers were killed.

Mr Melikov said several civilians were among the dead, including an Orthodox priest who worked in Derbent for more than 40 years. The priest, Nikolai Kotelnikov, was “brutally murdered”, a spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church said on Telegram.

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