{"id":1473005,"date":"2024-06-24T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1473005"},"modified":"2024-06-24T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T17:05:00","slug":"death-toll-in-dagestan-terror-attack-rises-to-20-killed-russians-fear-more-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/death-toll-in-dagestan-terror-attack-rises-to-20-killed-russians-fear-more-to-come\/1473005\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll In Dagestan Terror Attack Rises To 20 Killed, Russians Fear More To Come"},"content":{"rendered":"

Death Toll In Dagestan Terror Attack Rises To 20 Killed, Russians Fear More To Come<\/span><\/p>\n

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The death toll from the Sunday terror attack<\/a> on the Dagestan cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in southern Russia has risen significantly, now that further details have emerged of the religiously-inspired attack which targeted Orthodox churches and a synagogue, apparently by black-clad jihadists.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee and state media\u00a0announced<\/a> Monday that 20 people died, including at least 15 police officers and an Orthodox priest<\/strong>, making it one of the biggest terror attacks in this region of the north Caucuses in decades. An additional 46 were injured.<\/p>\n

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Initial reports as news of the incident was still emerging indicated at least nine had died, mostly police officers, and that two dozen were injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This evening in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala armed attacks were carried out on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police checkpoint,\u201d the statement said according to state-run RIA Novosti news agency.<\/p>\n

Additionally six of the attackers were “liquidated” following large-scale shootouts in the streets, which also involved the assailants hurling Molotov cocktails to set fires<\/strong>. The attacks were highly coordinated given that the two cities where they unfolded simultaneously are\u00a078 miles apart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Russian Orthodox Church later confirmed that its archpriest Nikolai Kotelnikov had been \u201cbrutally killed\u201d in Derbent, at a moment celebrations for the feast of Pentecost were underway. It’s been widely reported that the\u00a0terrorists broke into the church and cut the priest’s throat<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TASS:\u00a0Charred wreckage of vehicles one of the two Orthodox churches damaged during the June 23 terrorist attack on Makhkachkala.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church was cited in the NY Times as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The mayhem highlighted the long-running ethnic and religious tensions in Russia, particularly in the country\u2019s southern Caucasus region, which includes Dagestan. Patriarch Kirill I, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said it was \u201cno coincidence\u201d that the attack took place on the day Orthodox Christians observe Pentecost.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe see that the enemy is not giving up on attempts to destroy interreligious peace and harmony within our society,\u201d <\/strong>Kirill said in a statement.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is what the #Synagogue<\/a> in #Derbent<\/a> looks like after the vile terrorist attack committed by the local jihadists in #Russia<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/xsUSQZwDzO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Faraz Pervaiz (@FarazPervaiz3) June 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The same report also notes that it was been “Left unsaid was who, exactly, the enemy was. There was no comment from the Kremlin and the authorities said little about the identities of the attackers, though some\u00a0state media reports<\/a>\u00a0said some of the gunmen may have been sons of a local official.”<\/p>\n

Given the country is still reeling from the even bigger\u00a0March 22 Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow, which killed at least 145 and wounded hundreds more, naturally suspicion has fall on ISIS-K or another radical Islamist terror group.<\/p>\n

Source: The New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

There are reportedly fears among the broader population that there could be more violence and terror to come<\/strong>, given 20 years ago this region which borders Chechnya was plagued by weekly and daily violence.<\/p>\n

“Now there is a different Russia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.\u00a0“Society is consolidated and such terrorist manifestations are not supported by society in Russia or in Dagestan.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 06\/24\/2024 – 09:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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