Terrorist attack in Dagestan

Terrorists attacked synagogues and Orthodox churches. Police officers were killed, and the archpriest of the Orthodox Church was executed.

The situation was complicated by the fact that the gang of terrorists was led by the son of the head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov, Osman Omarov.

On the afternoon of June 23, terrorists set fire to synagogues in Derbent and Makhachkala, broke into an Orthodox church, and killed a priest and a church security guard.

A traffic police post near a synagogue came under terrorist fire and as a result several traffic police officers were killed.

The terrorists also seized several cars and burned a patrol car.
As a result of the attack, more than 20 people were killed and 46 were injured. The terrorists themselves were eliminated as a result of the ongoing anti-terrorist operation carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After 3 days, the situation in Dagestan continues to remain tense. Armed men are moving along the city streets and it is difficult to say whether they are representatives of security forces or terrorists.
Some officials hastened to declare that the terrorist attack was connected with NATO and the Ukrainian special services, which, of course, is absurd.

According to people familiar with the Omarov family, Osman Omarov gathered young people in the mosque and promoted radical Islamist views.

The North Caucasus has always been a problematic area for Russia. The spread of archaic pro-Russian ideology contributes to the growth of the same archaic Islamist sentiments.
There are no guarantees that similar attacks will not happen again.

Makhachkala, Derbent, Dagestan, Russia.