{"id":2282307,"date":"2024-06-23T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-at-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T19:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T23:04:28","slug":"police-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-at-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-at-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officers and priest among 9 killed at places of worship in southern Russia &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-at-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2282307&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Dagestan, Russia, at least nine people \u200bwere killed in terrorist attacks \u200dtargeting places of worship, including churches and synagogues, as well as a police\u2063 checkpoint. The violence, which also\u2062 left at least 25 people injured, occurred in \u2064two cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-at-war-as-hamas-kills-dozens-claims-to-have-taken-hostages-in-massive-surprise-attack\/\" title=\"Hamas launches massive surprise attack, claims hostages; Israel in 'war' mode.\">involved gunmen<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-alleges-gunmen-in-moscow-attack-were-en-route-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"Putin claims that the gunmen involved in the Moscow attack were heading to Ukraine\">automatic \u2062weapons<\/a>. The attacks resulted \u200din\u200c the deaths\u2063 of several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">police officers<\/a> and a\u200d priest, with additional casualties\u200d including a church security guard and\u2064 four militants. The attackers also set\u200c fire to the religious\u2062 buildings affected. Authorities are investigating the incidents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>At least nine people were killed around places of worship in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia\u2019s Dagestan province<\/a>, including several police officers and a priest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>authorities said<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opened fire<\/a> on churches and synagogues in two cities miles apart, the region\u2019s Ministry of Internal Affairs said, and a shooting was also reported at a police checkpoint. At least 25 people were injured in the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>In Derbent, a group of gunmen reportedly used automatic weapons on a synagogue and an Orthodox church, also setting fire to both buildings. A priest and church security guard were killed there, as well as four \u201cmilitants,\u201d according to Russian news agency TASS.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Unknown assailants have attacked an Orthodox church and a synagogue in Derbent (Dagestan). It&#8217;s the only synagogue in the city. Both were apparently set on fire. <\/p>\n<p>There was also a shooting in Makhachkala targeting policemen at the same time \u2014 unclear if they are related. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m569l9mDt5\">pic.twitter.com\/m569l9mDt5<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Aric Toler (@AricToler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AricToler\/status\/1804908396686061892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>About 75 miles north along the Caspian Sea, in Makhachkala, 19 people locked themselves in a church during a shootout that ended with at least one attacker being killed, per the ministry. Attacks were also reported at a synagogue in that city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight in Derbent and Makhachkala, unknown people made attempts to destabilise the public situation,\u201d Sergei Melikov, the head of the Republic of Dagestan, said. \u201cDagestan police officers stood in their way. According to preliminary information, there are casualties among them. All services are acting in accordance with the instruction \u2026 The identities of the attackers are being established.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derbent is home to a historically significant Jewish community in the largely Muslim-dominated region. The Israeli foreign ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/23\/europe\/dagestan-synagogue-attack-russia-intl-latam\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called the shootings<\/a> a \u201ccombined attack\u201d on the synagogues. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as is known, there were no worshipers in the synagogues at the time of the attack, and there are no known casualties from the Jewish community,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers were members of \u201can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intelligence-experts-al-qaeda-could-re-form-in-afghanistan-in-one-to-two-years\/\" title=\"Intelligence Experts: Al Qaeda Could Re-Form In Afghanistan In \u2018One To Two Years\u2019\">international terrorist organization<\/a>,\u201d according to TASS, citing local law enforcement agencies, and the investigation is being treated as such.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least nine people, including police officers and a priest, were killed in shootings at places of worship in Russia&#8217;s Dagestan province, authorities reported. Gunmen targeted churches and synagogues in two distant cities, according to the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs. A police checkpoint was also attacked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":2282308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RussiaDagestanAttack.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3940,32329,32328,10635,32330],"class_list":["post-2282307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-killed","tag-places-of-worship","tag-police-officers","tag-priest","tag-southern-russia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RussiaDagestanAttack.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}