Deadly Attacks Strike Dagestan: Police & Religious Sites Targeted

Six police officers were killed and twelve injured in a series of attacks in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Sunday. The local Interior Ministry reported that both a synagogue and an Orthodox church were set ablaze during the attacks.

Six police officers were killed and 12 injured on Sunday in a series of attacks in the southern Russian region of Dagestan, Russian news agencies quoted the local Interior Ministry as saying.

The Interior Ministry was also quoted as saying a synagogue and an Orthodox church, both targets of the attacks, had been set ablaze.