A shooting at a church in Dagestan, Russia, is expected to kill more than 15 police officers.

Reuters news agency reported that the incidentshootinginSynagogue or Jewish compoundAndChristian churchMany places in Makhachkala. (Makhachkala) and Derbent (Derbent) inRepublic of DagestantoRussia on Sunday (June 23), resulting in the killing of a number of police officers.

The Russian Republic of Dagestan is located in the North Caucasus region. Declaration of mourning for 3 days from today onwardsThe national flag was lowered to half on Saturday. Refrain from holding all celebrations until June 26.

Sergey Melikov“(Sergei Melikov), Governor of the Dagestan region. He said through a video clip published by the Telegram website this morning, “This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the entire (Russian) state.”

However, Malikov has not revealed this yet. How many people died in all the shootings? He just said At least 15 police officers were victims of the shooting. Called by Melikov, it was described as “terrorism” and six militants were shot dead during the tragedy.

Melikov said several civilians died in the incident, including Nikolai Kotelnikov, an Orthodox priest who served in Derbent for 40 years. The priest was brutally murdered by the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Russian Interfax agency reported thisA policeman diedAt least 15 people were injured by bullets in the shooting, and several Russian media outlets, citing the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, said five militants were killed.

But Reuters was unable to verify this. How many people and militants were killed in total? Because the numbers from news sources still don't match. So far, no party has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack that occurred in the northern Akassos area.

Malikov confirmed that the government knows who is behind the terrorism. He also knew the target of the crime

He did not reveal further details, and said that the search would continue until all the attackers were found.

pointing to: Reuters

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