JAKARTA - The death toll from a series of organized attacks on churches and the sinagoge of the Dagestan region has now increased to 20 people.
Armed men with automatic weapons stormed into the Orthodox church and killed him in Derbent on the evening of Sunday, June 23. They burned the icon at the church and killed a 66-year-old Orthodox priest, Nikolai Kotelnikov.
Russian investigators said the incident was a terrorist attack' but did not provide details of the attacker.
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Meanwhile, Russian state media quoted law enforcement as saying Maglomed Omarov's two sons, the head of Sergokala district in central Dagestan, were among the attackers in Dagestan. They died in a shootout and their father was detained, state media said.
June 24 to 26 has been declared a day of mourning in Dagestan, Melikov said, with flags lowered by half a pole and all entertainment events canceled.
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