Terror as gunmen open fire on synagogues and churches in Russia leaving multiple dead
(FOX NEWS) -- Gunmen opened fire on two synagogues, two Orthodox churches and a police post in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a terrorism investigation in response to the "armed attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala, as a result of which police officers and civilians were killed and injured," according to the agency’s Telegram page.
A mus__lim terrorist attack on a Jewish synagogue and an Orthodox church in Russia's Dagestan.
Five police personnel were killed, and nine more were injured.
Two terrorists has been eliminated.
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Shamil Khadulaev, chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan, said a 66-year-old priest was found with his throat slashed at an Orthodox church, the state-sponsored TASS news agency reported.