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Following the neutralization of the threats to the lives and health of citizens, it was decided to end the anti-terrorist operation in Dagestan from 0515 GMT,
said the National Antiterrorism Committee, ... according to Russian news agencies This evening in Derbent and Makhachkala, unknown attackers attempted to destabilize the society,
Melikov wrote on Telegram We must understand that war comes to our homes too. We felt it, but today we face it,
This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the whole country,
Sergei Melikov, governor of the Dagestan region, said in a video published early on Monday on the Telegram messaging app We understand who is behind the organisation of the terrorist attacks and what goal they pursued,
Mr Melikov said, without disclosing further details Six armed attackers have been killed,
Melikov said on social media, The synagogue in Derbent is on fire, ... It has not been possible to extinguish the fire."
wrote Boruch Gorin, the chairman of the public council of Russia's Federation of Jewish Communities, on Telegram According to preliminary information, one Orthodox priest and several police officers were killed in the terrorist attacks,
Russian investigators said In Derbent, the active phase of the counter-terrorist operation is completed,
Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAC) released a statement reading ... though a standoff continued Makhachkala What happened looks like a vile provocation and an attempt to cause discord between confessions,
President Ramzan Kadyrov of neighboring Chechnya said, AP reported There is no doubt that these terrorist attacks are in one way or another connected with the intelligence services of Ukraine and NATO countries,
Dagestan lawmaker Abdulkhakim Gadzhiyev wrote on Telegram, according to the Associated Press Unidentified people fired at a synagogue and a church with automatic weapons,
Reuters reported the region's interior ministry as saying