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Shooting at an Orthodox Church in Dagestan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others.[2] He was shot and killed by police on duty nearby.
Kizlyar church shooting | |
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Part of Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus, Terrorism in Russia and Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
Location | Kizlyar, Dagestan, Russia |
Coordinates | 43.8554°N 46.7142°E |
Date | 18 February 2018 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons |
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Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 4[1] |
Perpetrator | Islamic State (IS) |
Assailant | Khalil Khalilov |
The attack occurred as churchgoers celebrated the Sunday of Forgiveness, the last day of Cheesefare week, a Christian holiday marking the last day before Lent according to the eastern Orthodox calendar.[3]
The Islamic State (IS) named the man Khalil al-Dagestani, one of its soldiers. Police named him Khalil Khalilov.[4] Pro-IS social media later shared a video of a masked man with a shotgun and knife, said to be the killer, pledging his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.[2]
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