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18 people, including 15 police officers and an Orthodox priest, were killed on Sunday in a terrorist attack in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, its governor Sergei Melikov said, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities said the terrorists opened fire on a church, two synagogues and a police post in two cities in the region.
Dagestan’s Interior Ministry said a group of armed men shot at a synagogue and a church in the city of Derbent, located on the Caspian Sea. Both the church and the synagogue caught fire, according to state media.
Almost simultaneously, reports appeared about an attack on a church and a traffic police post in the Dagestan capital, Makhachkala.
The authorities announced a counter-terrorist operation in the region. The Anti-Terrorist Committee said five terrorists were eliminated.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that so far, there are no known Jews or Israelis among the victims.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. The authorities launched a criminal probe on the charge of a terrorist act.
Rabbi Ovadya and Chaya Miryam Isakov, the Chabad Shluchim who serve Dagestan, were reportedly out of town with their family.
In 2013, Rabbi Isakov was shot by an Islamist gunman and badly wounded. For a while, his life hung in a balance. He was able to recover and return to his duties, traveling between Moscow and Dagestan.
Following the attacks, Amb. Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, said in a statement, “We are deeply troubled by what appears to be a coordinated attack on two synagogues, one of which has been burned to the ground, and a deadly attack on a church. An attack on the rights of individuals to practice their faiths freely and openly is an attack on humanity. As we await more information on the motivations of the attackers, we are reminded of the danger posed by antisemitism and all religious-based violence.”
“Every public leader, including in international organizations, has an obligation to not only condemn antisemitism without equivocation but act urgently to keep communities safe. We join the world in praying for the people of Derbent and Makhachkala, including law enforcement and clergy, and hope that the perpetrators are quickly brought to justice,” he added.
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Where you’ve had pro Hamas protest specifically against shul’s and Hilel’s !!
Not referring to any Israel related organizations, but just plain mainstream jewish institutions.
And they chant pro violent, pro killing Jews chats like: “intifada” . “Resistance is justified”. ” “by ANY means necessary”
” We don’t want Zionsit (Jews) here”
And more.
Wake up america!!!
They took ever the airport seeking to start a pogrom then this makes Putin look bad at protecting religious minorities and he may lose the Jews to USA and Israel but he also has a good relationship with Israel because Israel has ex cis so we don’t know it this is cia provoked or natural ole anti semitism
If this happened to mosques, itt would be a world war.
Maybe there should be calks for mourning and Torah study, including the sheva mitzvos. for the destruction of the shul and for the officers’s lives lost.
Guess what same people are already here in our country illegally , Uzbek nationality , violent extremism!! Thank you corrupt Biden .
They don’t mention the extreme brutality. In addition to attacking and burning the shuls, they also decapitated the priest of that church. These are savages. How is that the world does not understand.what they are dealing with.