{"id":2282328,"date":"2024-06-23T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-15-killed-after-attacks-on-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T20:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T00:35:16","slug":"police-officers-and-priest-among-15-killed-after-attacks-on-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-15-killed-after-attacks-on-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officers and priest among 15 killed after attacks on 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\">38<\/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-15-killed-after-attacks-on-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=2282328&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>At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-suspects-in-custody-connected-with-deadly-minn-bar-shooting\/\" title=\"3 suspects in custody connected with deadly Minn. bar shooting\">fifteen people<\/a>\u2064 were killed including \u2063police officers and a priest in\u2062 attacks around\u2064 places of worship in Russia&#8217;s Dagestan province. Gunmen targeted churches and synagogues in two different cities, as well as a\u200c police \u2064checkpoint. The region&#8217;s Ministry of Internal Affairs\u2064 confirmed the attacks resulted in at least 25 injuries. \u200cIn the city of Derbent, gunmen with automatic weapons attacked \u2062a synagogue and an \u2063Orthodox church,\u2064 setting both ablaze. The attack in Derbent resulted in the\u200c death of a priest, a church security guard, and \u2063four militants.  <\/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 fifteen 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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-reporter-leaving-network-over-vaccine-mandate-power-given-is-seldom-returned\/\" title=\"ESPN Reporter Leaving Network Over Vaccine Mandate: \u2018Power Given Is Seldom Returned\u2019\">including police officers<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pushed-afghan-government-to-release-5000-taliban-prisoners-many-of-whom-are-now-terrorizing-the-country\/\" title=\"US Pushed Afghan Government To Release 5,000 Taliban Prisoners, Many Of Whom Are Now Terrorizing The Country\">gunmen reportedly<\/a> 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-after-attacks-on-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Police officers and priest among 9 killed after attacks on places of worship in southern Russia - Washington Examiner\">unknown people made attempts<\/a> 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 international terrorist organization,\u201d according to TASS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officers-and-priest-among-9-killed-at-places-of-worship-in-southern-russia-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Police officers and priest among 9 killed at places of worship in southern Russia - Washington Examiner\">citing local law enforcement agencies<\/a>, and the investigation is being treated as such.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least fifteen 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, with additional violence at a police checkpoint. The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed at least 25 casualties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":2282329,"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":[6361,32329,32328,10635,32330],"class_list":["post-2282328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attacks","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\/2282328","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=2282328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}